The corpus record

ἀκερδ-ής

akerdes

bringing no gain, unprofitable

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Where it lives

Hipparchus 1 · 4.44/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ἀκερδ-ής · akerd-ēs — LSJ

bringing no gain, unprofitable, without profit

bringing no gain, unprofitable, χάρις S. OC 1484, cf. Pl. Cra. 417d, D.H. 6.9, AP 9.649 (Maced.). Adv. -δῶς without profit, Arist. Pol. 1309a13, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.27d.

II not greedy of gain

not greedy of gain, φιλοτιμία Id. Arist. 1. Adv. -ῶς Id. Frat. 2.483e.

In the wild

ἀκερδῶς · akerdōs Aristotle, Politics 1309a (DIORISIS sentence 2033)
ἀκερδής · akerdēs Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6301)
ἀκερδές · akerdes Plato, Cratylus 417 (DIORISIS sentence 879)
ἀκερδές · akerdes Plato, Hipparchus 231
ἀκερδῆ · akerdē Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1482
ἀκερδές · akerdes Xenophon, Hellenica 6.3.11 (DIORISIS sentence 2696)

Where it came from

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