κέρδος , εος: gain, profit; shrewd counsel, esp. pl.,
Il. 23.515
; κέρδεα ἐπίστασθαι, εἰδέναι, to be
‘versed in cunning arts,’ Il. 23.322
; νωμᾶν ἐνὶ φρεσί, ‘devise
clever counsels,’ Od.
18.216; in bad sense, Od.
2.88, Od. 23.217.