ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ, λυσιτελεστατον
LYSITELESTATON, lysitelestaton
Sounds Like: loo-see-teh-LES-tah-ton
Translations: most profitable, most advantageous, most useful, most beneficial
From the root: ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'λυσιτελής', meaning 'profitable' or 'advantageous'. Therefore, 'λυσιτελέστατον' means 'most profitable' or 'most advantageous'. It describes something that yields the greatest benefit or is most expedient. It can be used to describe an action, a decision, or a state of affairs that is supremely beneficial.
Inflection: Superlative, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3087 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 6:176
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΣ — profitable, advantageous, useful, a profitable thing, an advantageous thing
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΣΤΕΡΑΝ — more profitable, more advantageous, more useful, more beneficial
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more profitable, more advantageous, more useful, more beneficial
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗ — profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient, beneficial
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣ — profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣΕΙΝ — to be profitable, to be advantageous, to be useful, to be expedient
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣΟΝΤΑ — profitable, advantageous, useful, beneficial
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