urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.331 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.331
Descendant Count: 1
REF: 20.331
μνηστῆρας κατὰ δώματʼ, ἐπεὶ τόδε κέρδιον ἦεν,
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| μνηστῆρας | μνηστῆρας | μνηστῆρας[1] | 1 | 73470 | 20.331.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| κατὰ | κατὰ | κατὰ[1] | 2 | 73471 | 20.331.t2 | True | |
| δώματʼ, | δώματʼ | δώματʼ[1] | 3 | 73472 | 20.331.t3 | True | |
| ἐπεὶ | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεὶ[1] | 4 | 73473 | 20.331.t4 | True | |
| τόδε | τόδε | τόδε[1] | 5 | 73474 | 20.331.t5 | True | |
| κέρδιον | κέρδιον | κέρδιον[1] | 6 | 73475 | 20.331.t6 | True | |
| ἦεν, | ἦεν | ἦεν[1] | 7 | 73476 | 20.331.t7 | True |
Dictionary Citations
cunliffe_lex
κερδίων [comp. fr. κέρδος.] Only in neut. κέρδιον. 1 More or most profitable or advantageous, better, best: τό κεν πολὺ κ. εἴη Il. 7.28. Cf. Il. 15.226, Il. 17.417: Od. 20.304, 331, 381. Absol.: πολύ κε κ. ἦεν Il. 3.41. Cf. Il. 5.201=Il. 22.103:=Od. 9.228, Od. 2.320. With infin., the better or best course to take, the better or best thing to be done or that can happen: ἐμοί κε κ. εἴ χθόνα δύμεναι Il. 6.410: τό γε κ. εἴσατο, χρήμαιτʼ ἀγυρτάζειν Od. 19.283. Cf. Il. 22.108, Il. 13.458=Il. 14.23:=Od. 18.93=Od. 22.338=Od. 24.239, Od. 2.74, Od. 6.145, Od. 10.153, Od. 11.358=Od. 20.316. Sim. with ὄφρα Il. 16.652. With a statement of the course taken Od. 5.474, Od. 15.204. 2 Profitable rather than the reverse, profitable, good: ἔπος, τό κε κ. εἴη Od. 18.166. Cf. Il. 19.63. Absol.: τῶ οὔ νύ τι κ. ἡμῖν ἔλπομαι ἐκτελέεσθαι (no good) Il. 7.352. With infin.: οὔ σφιν ἐφαίνετο κ. εἶναι μαίεσθαι προτέρω (it seemed useless to do it) Od. 14.355.