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ἐπωφελέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

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 ἐπωφελοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐπωφελῶ ἐπωφελῇς ἐπωφελῇ
Dual ἐπωφελῆτον ἐπωφελῆτον
Plural ἐπωφελῶμεν ἐπωφελῆτε ἐπωφελῶσιν*
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

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

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

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