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λυσιτελέω

λυσιτελέω, to bring profit, gain

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λυσιτελήσῃ aorist middle subjunctive 2nd singular, aorist active subjunctive 3rd singular, future middle indicative 2nd singular of λυσιτελέω

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λῡσῐτελ-έω, prop.
  • indemnify for expenses incurred, or pay what is due, and then ‘pay’, i.e. profit, avail (cf. λύω V.2), c. dat.,
    • I with subject expressed, οὔ φημʼ ἂν λυσιτελεῖν σφῷν [τοῦτο] Ar. Pl. 509; λυσιτελεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ δικαιοσύνη Pl. Prt. 327b; δοῦλος τοιοῦτος οἷος μηδενὶ δεσπότῃ λυσιτελεῖν X. Mem. 2.1.15.
      • 2 mostly impers., λυσιτελεῖ μοι it profits me, is better for me, c. part., οἷς οὐδʼ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις Lys. 25.27; πολλοῖς δὴ ἐλυσιτέλησεν ἀδικήσασι Pl. Alc. 1.113d: c. inf., λ. προϊέναι Id. Tht. 181b; τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν thinking it better to be dead than alive, And. 1.125, cf. Pl. R. 407a, X. Cyr. 2.4.12 (v.l.), PHamb. 27.17 (iii B. C.), etc.: c. dat. pers., it profits one to do so and so, οὐ γάρ οἱ λυσιτελέειν . . δικάζειν Hdt. 1.97; ὅτι μοι λυσιτελοῖ ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν Pl. Ap. 22e, cf. X. Hier. 7.13: sts. c. acc. pers., it is good that . ., λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα Hp. Fract. 19, cf. Pl. R. 406d: abs., ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ Axionic. 6.6.
      • 3 in bad sense, conspire, as gloss on ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ (Hp. Acut. 17), Gal. 15.494 (v.l. συντελεῖ).
    • II neut. part. as Subst., τὸ λυσιτελοῦν profit, gain, advantage, Th. 6.85, Pl. R. 336d, D. 2.28; a wrong etym. is given in Pl. Cra. 417c.

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