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λυσιτελέω

λυσιτελέω, to bring profit, gain

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λυσιτελεῖ present middle-passive indicative 2nd singular, present active indicative 3rd singular of λυσιτελέω

λυσιτελεῖ masculine nominative dual, masculine vocative dual, masculine accusative dual, feminine nominative dual, feminine vocative dual, feminine accusative dual, neuter nominative dual, neuter vocative dual, neuter accusative dual, masculine dative singular, feminine dative singular, neuter dative singular of λυσιτελής

See λυσιτελεῖ in Morpho

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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