ἐπιτήδειος
Alt. ἐπιτήδειος, η, ον
Etym. ἐπιτηδές
I. "made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient", ἔς τι, πρός τι Hdt., Plat.; c. inf., χωρίον ἐπ. ἐνιππεῦσαι "fit" to ride in, Hdt.; ἐπ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι "convenient" to be put out of the way, Thuc.; ἐπ. ξυνεῖναι a "pleasant" person to live with, Eur.; ἐπ. παθεῖν "deserving" to suffer, Dem., also, ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστί] μοι, c. inf., Hdt.
II. "useful, serviceable, necessary",
1. of things, "fit or serviceable for", c. dat., Thuc.; ἐστὸ ἐπ. to their "advantage", id=Thuc.; of treaties, omens, "favourable", Hdt.:—esp. as Subst., τὰ ἐπιτήδεια "necessaries, provisions", Lat. commeatus, id=Hdt., Thuc., etc.
2. of persons, "serviceable, friendly", Hdt., Thuc.; τῷ πατρί "conformable to" his "will", Hdt.: as Subst., c. gen., "a close friend", Lat. necessarius, Thuc.
III. adv. -είως, ionic -έως, "studiously, carefully", Hdt.
2. "suitably, conveniently, fitly", id=Hdt.;—comp. -ειότερον, id=Hdt.