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ἀντωφελέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντωφελέω

Structure: ἀντ (Prefix) + ὠφελέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to assist or benefit in turn, to derive profit in turn

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀντωφελῶ ἀντωφελεῖς ἀντωφελεῖ
Dual ἀντωφελεῖτον ἀντωφελεῖτον
Plural ἀντωφελοῦμεν ἀντωφελεῖτε ἀντωφελοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀντωφελῶ ἀντωφελῇς ἀντωφελῇ
Dual ἀντωφελῆτον ἀντωφελῆτον
Plural ἀντωφελῶμεν ἀντωφελῆτε ἀντωφελῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀντωφελοῖμι ἀντωφελοῖς ἀντωφελοῖ
Dual ἀντωφελοῖτον ἀντωφελοίτην
Plural ἀντωφελοῖμεν ἀντωφελοῖτε ἀντωφελοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἀντωφέλει ἀντωφελείτω
Dual ἀντωφελεῖτον ἀντωφελείτων
Plural ἀντωφελεῖτε ἀντωφελούντων, ἀντωφελείτωσαν
Infinitive ἀντωφελεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀντωφελων ἀντωφελουντος ἀντωφελουσα ἀντωφελουσης ἀντωφελουν ἀντωφελουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀντωφελοῦμαι ἀντωφελεῖ, ἀντωφελῇ ἀντωφελεῖται
Dual ἀντωφελεῖσθον ἀντωφελεῖσθον
Plural ἀντωφελούμεθα ἀντωφελεῖσθε ἀντωφελοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀντωφελῶμαι ἀντωφελῇ ἀντωφελῆται
Dual ἀντωφελῆσθον ἀντωφελῆσθον
Plural ἀντωφελώμεθα ἀντωφελῆσθε ἀντωφελῶνται
OptativeSingular ἀντωφελοίμην ἀντωφελοῖο ἀντωφελοῖτο
Dual ἀντωφελοῖσθον ἀντωφελοίσθην
Plural ἀντωφελοίμεθα ἀντωφελοῖσθε ἀντωφελοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἀντωφελοῦ ἀντωφελείσθω
Dual ἀντωφελεῖσθον ἀντωφελείσθων
Plural ἀντωφελεῖσθε ἀντωφελείσθων, ἀντωφελείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀντωφελεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀντωφελουμενος ἀντωφελουμενου ἀντωφελουμενη ἀντωφελουμενης ἀντωφελουμενον ἀντωφελουμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐκοῦν, ἔφη, κρεῖττόν ἐστιν αὐτόθεν τοῖσ τοιούτοισ τῶν ἔργων ἐπιτίθεσθαι, ἃ καὶ πρεσβυτέρῳ γενομένῳ ἐπαρκέσει, καὶ προσελθόντα τῳ τῶν πλείω χρήματα κεκτημένων, τῷ δεομένῳ τοῦ συνεπιμελησομένου, ἔργων τε ἐπιστατοῦντα καὶ συγκομίζοντα τοὺσ καρποὺσ καὶ συμφυλάττοντα τὴν οὐσίαν, ὠφελοῦντα ἀντωφελεῖσθαι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 8 4:2)
  • τὸ δ’ ἔχοντα δύναμιν ᾗ ἔστι μὲν φίλουσ εὖ ποιοῦντα ἀντωφελεῖσθαι, ἔστι δὲ ἐχθροὺσ ἔχοντα πειρᾶσθαι τείσασθαι, ἔπειτ’ ἀμελεῖν τοῦ πορίζεσθαι, οἰεί τι, ἔφη, ἧττόν τι τοῦτο εἶναι αἰσχρὸν ἢ εἴ τισ ἔχων μὲν ἀγρούσ, ἔχων δὲ ἐργάτασ οἷσ ἂν ἐργάζοιτο, ἔπειτ’ ἐῴη τὴν ἀργοῦσαν ἀνωφέλητον εἶναι; (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 6 14:4)

Synonyms

  1. to assist or benefit in turn

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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