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ὠφέλεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠφέλεια ὠφελείᾱς

Structure: ὠφελει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: w)fele/w

Sense

  1. help, aid, succour (especially in war)
  2. profit, advantage, benefit, source of gain or profit, service
  3. (and especially) gain made in war, spoil, booty

Declension

First declension

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

  • Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνοσ ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην ἐσπούδακασ περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείασ μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείασ τῆσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν οὐδ’ ἂν οἰηθείη τισ τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸσ ἄν τισ πρίαιτο κτένασ ἢ κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸσ ἢ ὁ κωφὸσ αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτησ κώπην ἢ ὁ κυβερνήτησ ἄροτρον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:2)
  • ἀρξάμενοσ γὰρ τὰσ ὠφελείασ ἐπιδεικνύειν, ἃσ περιείληφεν ὁ ῥητορικὸσ λόγοσ, ταῦτα κατὰ λέξιν γράφει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 6 1:2)
  • καὶ ἡ τῶν τέκνων κτῆσισ οὐ λειτουργίασ ἕνεκεν τῇ φύσει μόνον οὖσα τυγχάνει ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφελείασ· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 15:3)
  • "ἄπιστον εἶναί σοι δοκεῖ τὸ ἐκ τῶν τοιούτων γίγνεσθαί τινασ ὠφελείασ εἰσ τὰ νοσήματα; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 8:7)
  • εἰ δὲ [ὠφελείασ ἕνε]κεν ἡ τοια[ύτη μνήμη] γίγνεται, τίσ ἂν λόγοσ ὠφελήσειεν μᾶλλον τὰσ τῶν ἀκουσόντων ψυχὰσ τοῦ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐγκωμιάσοντοσ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ ἄνδρασ; (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 34:1)

Synonyms

  1. help

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