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ἐπωφελέω?

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: epōpheleō

Principal Part: ἐπωφελέω ἐπωφελήσω

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

Sense

  1. to aid or succour, in, to aid or succour
  2. would that

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωφελῶ ἐπωφελεῖς ἐπωφελεῖ
Dual ἐπωφελεῖτον ἐπωφελεῖτον
Plural ἐπωφελοῦμεν ἐπωφελεῖτε ἐπωφελοῦσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπωφελῶ ἐπωφελῇς ἐπωφελῇ
Dual ἐπωφελῆτον ἐπωφελῆτον
Plural ἐπωφελῶμεν ἐπωφελῆτε ἐπωφελῶσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἐπωφελοῖμι ἐπωφελοῖς ἐπωφελοῖ
Dual ἐπωφελοῖτον ἐπωφελοίτην
Plural ἐπωφελοῖμεν ἐπωφελοῖτε ἐπωφελοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἐπωφέλει ἐπωφελείτω
Dual ἐπωφελεῖτον ἐπωφελείτων
Plural ἐπωφελεῖτε ἐπωφελούντων, ἐπωφελείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐπωφελεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπωφελων ἐπωφελουντος ἐπωφελουσα ἐπωφελουσης ἐπωφελουν ἐπωφελουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωφελοῦμαι ἐπωφελεῖ, ἐπωφελῇ ἐπωφελεῖται
Dual ἐπωφελεῖσθον ἐπωφελεῖσθον
Plural ἐπωφελούμεθα ἐπωφελεῖσθε ἐπωφελοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπωφελῶμαι ἐπωφελῇ ἐπωφελῆται
Dual ἐπωφελῆσθον ἐπωφελῆσθον
Plural ἐπωφελώμεθα ἐπωφελῆσθε ἐπωφελῶνται
OptativeSingular ἐπωφελοίμην ἐπωφελοῖο ἐπωφελοῖτο
Dual ἐπωφελοῖσθον ἐπωφελοίσθην
Plural ἐπωφελοίμεθα ἐπωφελοῖσθε ἐπωφελοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἐπωφελοῦ ἐπωφελείσθω
Dual ἐπωφελεῖσθον ἐπωφελείσθων
Plural ἐπωφελεῖσθε ἐπωφελείσθων, ἐπωφελείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐπωφελεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐπωφελουμενος ἐπωφελουμενου ἐπωφελουμενη ἐπωφελουμενης ἐπωφελουμενον ἐπωφελουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωφέλουν ἐπωφέλεις ἐπωφέλει(ν)
Dual ἐπωφελεῖτον ἐπωφελείτην
Plural ἐπωφελοῦμεν ἐπωφελεῖτε ἐπωφέλουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐπωφελούμην ἐπωφελοῦ ἐπωφελεῖτο
Dual ἐπωφελεῖσθον ἐπωφελείσθην
Plural ἐπωφελούμεθα ἐπωφελεῖσθε ἐπωφελοῦντο

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

  • λύει γὰρ ἡμῖν οὐδὲν οὐδ ἐπωφελεῖ βάξιν καλὴν λαβόντε δυσκλεῶς θανεῖν. (Sophocles, episode 4:9)
  • χρόνῳ δ, ὅτ ἤδη πᾶς ὁ μόχθος ἦν πέπων, κἀμάνθανον τὸν θυμὸν ἐκδραμόντα μοι μείζω κολαστὴν τῶν πρὶν ἡμαρτημένων, τὸ τηνίκ ἤδη τοῦτο μὲν πόλις βίᾳ ἤλαυνέ μ ἐκ γῆς χρόνιον, οἱ δ ἐπωφελεῖν, οἱ τοῦ πατρός, τῷ πατρὶ δυνάμενοι, τὸ δρᾶν οὐκ ἠθέλησαν, ἀλλ ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν φυγάς σφιν ἔξω πτωχὸς ἠλώμην ἀεί. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 4:6)
  • ἡδὺ γάρ μοι δοκεῖ, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ θεοὺς μεγαλείως τιμᾶν καὶ φίλους, ἄν τινος δέωνται, ἐπωφελεῖν καὶ τὴν πόλιν μηδὲν <τὸ> κατ ἐμὲ χρήμασιν ἀκόσμητον εἶναι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 11 10:4)
  • ἀλλὰ μέχρι μὲν τούτου ἕπομαι, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, ὅτι ἐκπονοῦντα φῂς καὶ ἐπιμελόμενον καὶ ἀσκοῦντα ἄνθρωπον μᾶλλον τυγχάνειν τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ὁποίῳ δὲ πόνῳ χρῇ πρὸς τὴν εὐεξίαν καὶ ῥώμην καὶ ὅπως ἀσκεῖς τὰ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ ὅπως ἐπιμελεῖ τοῦ περιουσίαν ποιεῖν ὡς καὶ φίλους ἐπωφελεῖν καὶ πόλιν ἐπισχύειν, ταῦτα ἂν ἡδέως, ἔφην ἐγώ, πυθοίμην. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 11 14:1)
  • οἱ γὰρ Θηβαῖοι τὴν Καδμείαν διπλῷ χάρακι ἐφρούρουν ἀποτειχίσαντες, ὡς μήτε ἔξωθέν τινα τοῖς ἐγκατειλημμένοις δύνασθαι ἐπωφελεῖν, μήτε αὐτοὺς ἐκθέοντας βλάπτειν τι σφᾶς, ὁπότε τοῖς ἔξω πολεμίοις προσφέροιντο. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 7 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. to aid or succour

  2. would that

Derived

Similar forms

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

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