κερδαλέος
α, ον, Adv.
A.
crafty, cunning, κ. κ’ εἴη καὶ ἐπίκλοπος Od. 13.291; βουλή Il. 10.44; μῦθος Od. 6.148; νοήματα 8.548; of Ionian women, Aeschin.Socr. 20.
b.
esp. of the fox, Archil. 89.5: hence ἡ κ. the wily one, the fox, Ael. NA 6.64, etc.; cf. κερδώ 1.
2.
of things, profitable, Pi. P. 2.78, X. Mem. 3.4.11, etc.; κερδαλεώτερόν ἐστι ὁμολογέειν τῷ Πέρσῃ Hdt. 9.7.ά; τὰς ἐμπορίας τὰς κ. Ar. Av. 594, cf. Isoc. 2.18; τὸ κ. A. Eu. 1008 (anap.); κ. ἔς τι Th. 2.53.
II.
Adv. -λέως to one's advantage, opp. δικαίως, Id. 3.56.