πολυτελής

ές, Adv.

τέλος

A. very expensive, costly, opp. εὐτελής, οἰκίη Hdt. 4.79; τράπεζα Democr. 210; παρακομιδή Th. 7.28; ζῶναι Pl. Hp.Mi. 368c; παρασκευαί X. Hier. 1.20 (Comp.); π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, Men. Per.Fr. 2; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, OGI 90.34 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), 132 (Egypt, ii B.C.): generally, valuable, ‐εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν . . δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν Pl. R. 507c; ‐έστατον ζῷον, v.l. for πολυφρονέστατον, Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27.
II. of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, Men. 615; γυνὴ π. ἐστ’ ὀχληρόν Id. 325.7; ἑταίρα π. Id. 824; π. τῷ βίῳ Antiph. 80.5. Adv. ‐λῶς Eup. 335, Lys. 7.31, X. Mem. 3.11.4: Sup., τὰ ‐λέστατα in the costliest manner, Hdt. 2.87.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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