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ὠφελέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠφελέω

Structure: ὠφελέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: o)/felos

Sense

  1. to help, aid, assist, succour, to be of use or service to
  2. to be of use or service
  3. to be of use, towards
  4. towards
  5. to render, service, to do, service

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠφελῶ ὠφελεῖς ὠφελεῖ
Dual ὠφελεῖτον ὠφελεῖτον
Plural ὠφελοῦμεν ὠφελεῖτε ὠφελοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὠφελῶ ὠφελῇς ὠφελῇ
Dual ὠφελῆτον ὠφελῆτον
Plural ὠφελῶμεν ὠφελῆτε ὠφελῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ὠφελοῖμι ὠφελοῖς ὠφελοῖ
Dual ὠφελοῖτον ὠφελοίτην
Plural ὠφελοῖμεν ὠφελοῖτε ὠφελοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ὠφέλει ὠφελείτω
Dual ὠφελεῖτον ὠφελείτων
Plural ὠφελεῖτε ὠφελούντων, ὠφελείτωσαν
Infinitive ὠφελεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὠφελων ὠφελουντος ὠφελουσα ὠφελουσης ὠφελουν ὠφελουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠφελοῦμαι ὠφελεῖ, ὠφελῇ ὠφελεῖται
Dual ὠφελεῖσθον ὠφελεῖσθον
Plural ὠφελούμεθα ὠφελεῖσθε ὠφελοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὠφελῶμαι ὠφελῇ ὠφελῆται
Dual ὠφελῆσθον ὠφελῆσθον
Plural ὠφελώμεθα ὠφελῆσθε ὠφελῶνται
OptativeSingular ὠφελοίμην ὠφελοῖο ὠφελοῖτο
Dual ὠφελοῖσθον ὠφελοίσθην
Plural ὠφελοίμεθα ὠφελοῖσθε ὠφελοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ὠφελοῦ ὠφελείσθω
Dual ὠφελεῖσθον ὠφελείσθων
Plural ὠφελεῖσθε ὠφελείσθων, ὠφελείσθωσαν
Infinitive ὠφελεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὠφελουμενος ὠφελουμενου ὠφελουμενη ὠφελουμενης ὠφελουμενον ὠφελουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠφέλουν ὠφέλεις ὠφέλειν*
Dual ὠφελεῖτον ὠφελείτην
Plural ὠφελοῦμεν ὠφελεῖτε ὠφέλουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὠφελούμην ὠφελοῦ ὠφελεῖτο
Dual ὠφελεῖσθον ὠφελείσθην
Plural ὠφελούμεθα ὠφελεῖσθε ὠφελοῦντο

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

  • χωρὶσ δὲ τούτων πλείω τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιεῖσθαι τοὺσ πατέρασ τῶν υἱῶν ἀνδρῶν γενομένων ἢ παίδων ὄντων ἐποιοῦντο, ἐνθυμουμένουσ, ὡσ οὐκ ἐξ ἐκείνησ τῆσ παιδείασ ἀλλ’ ἐκ ταύτησ τῆσ σωφροσύνησ μᾶλλον ὠφελεῖται τὸ κοινόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 8 1:3)
  • διὰ τί τὰ ζῷα τὰσ βοηθούσασ δυνάμεισ, ὅταν ἐν πάθει γένηται, ζητεῖ καὶ διώκει καὶ χρώμενα πολλάκισ ὠφελεῖται; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 26 1:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἐγκρατευόμενοσ λυπεῖται παρὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν πράττων ἤδη, καὶ χαίρει τὴν ἀπ’ ἐλπίδοσ ἡδονήν, ὅτι ὕστερον ὠφεληθήσεται, ἢ καὶ ἤδη ὠφελεῖται ὑγιαίνων· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 140:1)
  • καταπίνουσα γὰρ ὠφελεῖται. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 20 4:2)
  • ὠφελεῖται μὲν γὰρ πάντα ταῦτα ὑπὸ τῶν χρωμένων, φιλία δ’ οὐκ ἔστι πρὸσ τὰ ἄψυχα οὐδὲ δίκαιον. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 119:1)

Synonyms

  1. to help

  2. to be of use or service

  3. to be of use

  4. towards

  5. to render

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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