1. κέρδος · kerdos — Beekes
cunning, wiles; desire to win, gain, profit
The corpus record
κέρδος
kerdos
cunning, wiles; desire to win, gain, profit
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Hipparchus 41 · 181.9/10k
- Virtues and Vices 3 · 20.23/10k
- Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
- Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 3 · 14.81/10k
- Antigone 10 · 13.64/10k
- Philippians 2 · 12.52/10k
- Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
- Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
- Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
- Against Euthynus 1 · 9.17/10k
- Works and Days 5 · 8.67/10k
- Electra 7 · 8.06/10k
Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κέρδος · kerdos — Chantraine
n
3. κέρδος · kerdos — Frisk
Gewinn, Vorteil, Lohn, Sold, Gewinnsucht
4. κέρδος · kerdos — Frisk
Über spätgr
5. κέρδος · kerdos — LSJ
gain, profit
Attestations
- κέρδος · kerdos Iliad 10.225
- κέρδεα · kerdea Iliad 23.322
- κέρδεσιν · kerdesin Iliad 23.515
- κέρδεα · kerdea Iliad 23.709
- κέρδεα · kerdea Odyssey 2.88
- κέρδεά · kerdea Odyssey 2.118
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 725; entry #3080
Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.
- scan p. 533; entry #3851 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 861; entry #2931 Review: Under source audit
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