λυσιτελής

lysiteles

paying for expenses incurred

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1258b13
1258b16
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 4 1156b33–1157b4

1157a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

λυσιτελής, ές, (λύω V.2, τέλος) prop. A. paying for expenses incurred: hence, useful, profitable, advantageous, τὸ πρᾶγμά μοι λ. Axionic. 6.8; οὐδέποτʼ . . -έστερον ἀδικία δικαιοσύνης Pl. R. 354a, cf. 364a; ἐμπορεύματα -έστερα X. Hier. 9.11; -εστάτην ζωὴν ζῆν Pl. R. 344e; λυσιτελῆ advantages, Plb. 4.38.8; τὸ -έστατον πρὸς ἀργύριον what was most profitable in point of money, D. 20.13; τὰ λ. καὶ ἀλυσιτελῆ πρός τι Phld. Mus.p.93 K.; κτήσεις -έστεραι Id. Oec.p.68 J. 2. cheap, X. Vect. 4.30, D.H. 7.37. II. rarely of persons, profitable, advantageous, Pl. Phdr. 239c. III. Adv. -λῶς D.S. 14.102: Sup. -έστατα Hdn. 3.5.1. 2. cheaply, τοῦ δέοντος πρίασθαι -έστερον Ael. NA 10.50.

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