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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

  • σὺ δ’ εἰ μέν τι διὰ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ ὠφελῇ, γιγνώσκεισ αὐτόσ, ἀδικεῖσ δ’ οὖν ἐμὲ τἀναντία τῶν γενομένων λέγων. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 3 7:1)
  • "ἦ που πολλά, ὦ Διονύσιε, εἰσ σοφίαν ὠφελῇ ὑπὸ Πλάτωνοσ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 5:1)
  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο φίλουσ τ’ ἀπαρνούμεθα, ὅταν ἀδικήσωσι, καὶ ἐχθροὺσ φίλουσ ποιούμεθα, ὅταν τισ ἡμῖν παρ’ αὐτῶν ὑπάρξῃ χάρισ, πόλιν τε τὴν γειναμένην ἡμᾶσ, ὅταν μὲν ὠφελῇ, στέργομεν, ὅταν δὲ βλάπτῃ, καταλείπομεν, οὐ διὰ τὸν τόπον ἀγαπῶντεσ αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ συμφέρον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 34 3:1)
  • ὅταν δὲ ἀνθρώπουσ ὠφελῇ, τότε νομίζει τὸ προσῆκον ἀποτελεῖν, ἅτε ὑπὸ τοῦ μεγίστου θεοῦ ταχθεὶσ ἐπὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον, ᾧ ἀπειθεῖν οὐ θέμισ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἄχθεσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 64:4)
  • ναί, καὶ παιδιάν γε εἶναι τὴν αὐτὴν ταύτην λέγω τότε, ὅταν μήτε τι βλάπτῃ μήτε ὠφελῇ σπουδῆσ ἢ λόγου ἄξιον. (Plato, Laws, book 2 93:2)

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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