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A. to be useful or serviceable, τοῖς ἐπιλήπτοις Thphr. Fr. 175, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.221, al., Luc. DMort. 10.9; τῇ πατρίδι IGRom. 4.1228 (Thyatira); πρός τι D.S. 1.81, Dsc. 2.149; εἴς τι Epicur. Fr. 458, Gal. 19.396, Iamb. in Nic. p.12P.: abs., LXX Wi. 4.3, Muson. Fr. 18Ap.95 H., Alex.Aphr. in Top. 430.2: sens.obsc., D.L. 6.91:— rejected by the Atticists, cf. Phryn. 367.