λυσιτελέω,
λυσιτέλω; (from
λυσιτελής, and this from
λύω to pay, and
τά τέλη (cf.
τέλος, 2)); (from
Herodotus down); properly,
to pay the taxes; to return expenses, hence,
to be useful, advantageous; impersonally,
λυσιτελεῖ,
it profits; followed by
ἤ (see
ἤ, 3 f.),
it is better:
τίνι; followed by
εἰ,
Luke 17:2.
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