ἐπιτήδ-ειος, α, ον:
Ionic dialect ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, +others (compare ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect -τάδειος [ᾱ] [[ “SIG” 524.36 (Praesus, 3rd c.BC): regular _comparative_ and _superlative_ -ειότερος, -ειότατος, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54, 7.86, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστερος, -έστατος, [[ Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see entry , 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 121: _Ionic dialect_ -εότερος, -εότατος, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.2, 1.110, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἐπιτηδές):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί [[[prev. passage], etc.:—Constr.: ἐ. ἔς τι [prev. work] 115 (_superlative_)] Refs], etc.; πρός τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 390b: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.102, compare 9.2 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1228, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 508; ἄνδρα -ότατον..δέξαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 79; so ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.70; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.25, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 206 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.36; ἐ. πάσχειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.63; also ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]