λυσιτελέω
lysiteleo
indemnify for expenses incurred
Appears 43 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λυσιτελέω, prop. A. 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] Pl. 509; λυσιτελεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ δικαιοσύνη Prt. 327b; δοῦλος τοιοῦτος οἷος μηδενὶ δεσπότῃ λυσιτελεῖν Mem. 2.1.15. 2. mostly impers., λυσιτελεῖ μοι it profits me, is better for me, c. part., οἷς οὐδʼ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις 25.27; πολλοῖς δὴ ἐλυσιτέλησεν ἀδικήσασι Alc. 1.113d: c. inf., λ. προϊέναι Tht. 181b; τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν thinking it better to be dead than alive, 1.125, cf. R. 407a, 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 1.97; ὅτι μοι λυσιτελοῖ ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν Ap. 22e, cf. Hier. 7.13: sts. c. acc. pers., it is good that . . , λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα Fract. 19, cf. R. 406d: abs., ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ 6.6. 3. in bad sense, conspire, as gloss on ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ ( Acut. 17), 15.494 (v.l. συντελεῖ). II. neut. part. as Subst., τὸ λυσιτελοῦν profit, gain, advantage, 6.85, R. 336d, 2.28; a wrong etym. is given in Cra. 417c.
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