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1 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) βγάζω χρήματα εκμεταλλευόμενος ευκαιρία ή ξένο κεφάλαιο -
2 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) βγάζω χρήματα εκμεταλλευόμενος ευκαιρία ή ξένο κεφάλαιο -
3 Advantage
subs.Gain: P. and V. κέρδος, τό, λῆμμα, τό.Superiority: P. πλεονεξία, ἡ, πλεονέκτημα, τό.To the advantage of, in favour of: P. and V. πρός (gen.).Have the advantage, v.: P. περιεῖναι, πλέον ἔχειν.Get the advantage of, v.: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.), πλέον φέρεσθαι (gen.), πλέον ἔχειν (gen.).Use: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Fight at an advantage: P. ἐκ περιόντος ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Τhuc. 8, 46).It is a great advantage for him to be sole master of the whole position: τὸ εἶναι ἐκεῖνον ἕνα ὅντα κύριον... πολλῷ προέχει (Dem. 10).Tyrants have no such advantages: P. τοῖς δὲ τυράννοις οὐδὲν ὑπάρχει τοιοῦτον (Isoc. 15, C).The borrower has the advantage of us in everything: P. ὁ δανειζόμενος ἐν παντὶ προέχει ἡμῶν (Dem. 1283).We have many natural advantages in war: P. πρὸς πόλεμον πολλὰ φύσει πλεονεκτήματα ἡμῖν ὑπάρχει (Dem. 124).What advantage is there? V. τί δʼ ἔστι τὸ πλέον; (Eur., Phoen. 553).What advantage will it be to the dead? P. τί ἔσται πλέον τῷ γε ἀποθανόντι; (Antiphon, 140.)——————v. trans.See Benefit.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Advantage
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