Κέρδιστος
most crafty, very crafty
Translated by Nick Nicholas1 Nov 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] most/very cunning.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κέρδιστος· πανουργότατος.
Betacode
*ke/rdistos: panourgo/tatos.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; see the references at Photius kappa598 Theodoridis.
The headword literally means "most/very profitable". The sense "crafty" applies to people (LSJ s.v.kerdi/wn II.1), and is found in Homer, Iliad 6.153, describing Sisyphos (sigma 489, sigma 490); cf. the scholia there.
cf. generally kappa 1386, kappa 1390.