προσωφελέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
προσωφελέω
προσωφελήσω
Structure:
προς
(Prefix)
+
ὠφελέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to help or assist besides, contribute to assist
Conjugation
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.
- φίλων δὲ τοὺσ μὲν οὐ σαφεῖσ ὁρῶ φίλουσ, οἳ δ’ ὄντεσ ὀρθῶσ ἀδύνατοι προσωφελεῖν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:8)
- ἥ τε δύναμισ ὑπέλειπε πολλοὺσ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐκλυομένων τῶν μελῶν ὑπὸ κόπων καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τὰ μὲν ἀπεστόμωτο, τὰ δὲ συνετέθραυστο, τὰ δ’ οὐκέτι προσωφελεῖν δυνατὰ ἦν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 10 6:1)
- οὔτε λιτανεῖαι θεῶν καὶ θυσίαι καὶ ἐφ’ οὓσ ἄνθρωποι τελευταίουσ ἐν ταῖσ τοιαῖσδε ἀναγκάζονται καταφεύγειν συμφοραῖσ, οἱ κατ’ ἄνδρα τε γινόμενοι καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ καθαρμοὶ τότε προσωφέλουν, διέκρινέ τε τὸ πάθοσ οὐχ ἡλικίαν, οὐ φύσιν, οὐ ῥώμην ἢ ἀσθένειαν σωμάτων, οὐ τέχνην οὐκ ἄλλο τι τῶν δοκούντων κουφίζειν τὴν νόσον, ἀλλὰ γυναιξί τ’ ἐνέπιπτε καὶ ἀνδράσι καὶ γηραιοῖσ καὶ νέοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 42 2:2)
- τὸ μὲν γὰρ χωρίον, ἐν ᾧ ἡ μάχη ἐγένετο, ἥκισθ’ ἱππάσιμον ἦν καὶ κολωνούσ τε πετρώδεισ καὶ φάραγγασ βαθείασ εἶχεν, ὥστε μηδὲν ἑκατέροισ τὴν ἵππον οἱάν τ’ εἶναι προσωφελεῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 33 2:2)
- ὅσοι δ’ ἂν καὶ φανῶσι, κρύφα ἐν δούλου σχήματι μένουσιν ἄχρι γήρωσ, ἅτε οὐδὲν αὐτοὺσ δυναμένωντῶν σπειράντων προσωφελεῖν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 179:2)
Synonyms
-
to help or assist besides
Derived
- ἀντωφελέω (to assist or benefit in turn, to derive profit in turn)
- ἐπωφελέω (to aid or succour, in, to aid or succour)
- συνωφελέω (to join in aiding or relieving)
- ὠφελέω (to help, aid, assist)
