λυσιτελής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λυσι- (lusi-, “loosing, releasing”), from λύω (lúō) + -τελής (-telḗs), from τέλος (télos, “end, completion; here: dues”). A contraction of the phrase τέλη n pl (télē) λύειν (lúein) («λύειν τέλη», "pay one's dues"), hence, I become advantageous.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.si.te.lɛ̌ːs/ → /ly.si.teˈlis/ → /li.si.teˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.si.te.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.si.teˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.si.teˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.si.teˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.si.teˈlis/

Adjective

λῡσῐτελής • (lūsitelḗs) m or f (neuter λῡσῐτελές); third declension

1. paying for expenses incurred, useful, profitable, advantageous, profitable in point of money
2. cheap
3. (rarely of persons) profitable, advantageous
4. (adverb) cheaply

Declension

Third declension of λῡσῐτελής; λῡσῐτελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῡσῐτελής lūsitelḗs	λῡσῐτελές lūsitelés		λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî	λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî		λῡσῐτελεῖς lūsiteleîs	λῡσῐτελῆ lūsitelê
Genitive		λῡσῐτελοῦς lūsiteloûs	λῡσῐτελοῦς lūsiteloûs		λῡσῐτελοῖν lūsiteloîn	λῡσῐτελοῖν lūsiteloîn		λῡσῐτελῶν lūsitelôn	λῡσῐτελῶν lūsitelôn
Dative		λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî	λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî		λῡσῐτελοῖν lūsiteloîn	λῡσῐτελοῖν lūsiteloîn		λῡσῐτελέσῐ / λῡσῐτελέσῐν lūsitelési(n)	λῡσῐτελέσῐ / λῡσῐτελέσῐν lūsitelési(n)
Accusative		λῡσῐτελῆ lūsitelê	λῡσῐτελές lūsitelés		λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî	λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî		λῡσῐτελεῖς lūsiteleîs	λῡσῐτελῆ lūsitelê
Vocative		λῡσῐτελές lūsitelés	λῡσῐτελές lūsitelés		λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî	λῡσῐτελεῖ lūsiteleî		λῡσῐτελεῖς lūsiteleîs	λῡσῐτελῆ lūsitelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λῡσῐτελῶς lūsitelôs			λῡσῐτελέστερος lūsitelésteros			λῡσῐτελέστᾰτος lūsiteléstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λυσιτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λυσιτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λυσιτελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λυσιτελής - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.