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ἐπιτήδ-ειος , α, ον : Ion. ἐπιτήδ-εος , έη, εον Hdt.4.158, al. (cf. ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας) : Dor. ἐπιτηδ-τάδειος [α_] SIG 524.36 (Praesus, iii B.C.) : regul. Comp. and Sup. -ειότερος, -ειότατος, Th.4.54, 7.86, etc. ; -έστερος, -έστατος, Anon. ap.Suid. s.v., Democr.121 : Ion. -εότερος, -εότατος, Hdt.9.2, 1.110, al. : (ἐπιτηδές):—
A.made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί ibid., etc.:—Constr. : ἐ. ἔς τι ib.115 (Sup.), etc. ; “πρός τι” Pl.R.390b : c. inf., χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, Hdt.6.102, cf. 9.2 (Comp.), Th.2.20, Ar. Pax1228, E.Ba.508 ; “ἄνδρα -ότατον..δέξαι” Hdt.3.134, cf. Ar.Ec. 79 ; so “ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν” Antipho5.63 ; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, Th.8.70 ; “τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι” And.4.25, cf. Lys.30.24 ; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, E.Andr.206 ; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, And. 4.36 ; “ἐ. πάσχειν” D.22.57 ; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, X.An.2.3.11 ; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, Th.8.63 ; also “ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν” Hdt.4.158, etc.
II. useful, serviceable, necessary,
1. of things, ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις fit or serviceable for.., Th.5.81 ; “ἐ. τῷ δήμῳ πράττειν” Lys.13.51 ; καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ. to their advantage, Th.4.76 ; οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ. no advantage, Id.1.58 ; “οὐκ ἐ. καταγνῶναί τινος” Hdt. 6.97 ; ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ., opp. καλά, Id.9.37 : esp. as Subst., τὰ ἐ. things requisite, necessaries, esp. of provisions, Id.2.174, Th.2.23, X.HG2.2.2, etc. : also in sg., what is requisite, needful, Id.Vect.4.38.
2. of persons, serviceable, friendly, Hdt.4.72 (Sup.), Th.3.40 ; τινί to one, Id.4.78, Lys.12.14 ; “ἐ. ποιεῖν τινα” And.4.41 ; ἐ. τῷ πατρί conformable to his will, Hdt.3.52 ; ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις favourable to.., Th. 8.54 : also as Subst., a close friend, οἱ ἐ. one's friends, Id.5.64 ; “Ἀθηναίων ἐ.” Id.7.73 ; “μοι ἐ. καὶ φίλος” Lys.1.22.
3. c. gen., = ἄξιος, SIG1073.19 (Olympia, ii A.D.).
III. Adv. -είως, Ion. -έως, studiously, carefully, “ὑπηρετέεσθαι” Hdt.1.108,4.139.
2. suitably, conveniently, fitly, “ποιέειν ἐ.” Id.9.7.β᾽ ; “ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν” Th.1.19 ; “ἐ. ἔχειν” Id.5.82 : Comp. “-ότερον” Id.4.54 ; “-οτέρως, διαιτᾶσθαι” Hp.Mul.1.32.
3. ἐ. ἔχειν τινί to be on friendly terms with.., Paus. 3.9.3.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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