λῡσῐτέλ-εια, ἡ,
advantage, profit, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.54, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.36, LXX.2Mac.2.27, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.9.1 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; λ. περὶ τὸν χρόνον economy in respect of time, i.e. by postponement of payments until they fell due, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.27.11 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; διὰ λυσιτέλειαν for the sake of economy, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.8.—Rejected by the Atticists, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.136, Moer. p.248 P., 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]