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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

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

  • θαυμαστὸσ δ’ ὁ Κῦροσ, ὅτι καὶ τὰσ ἁμίλλασ ἐποιεῖτο πρὸσ τοὺσ ἥλικασ, οὐκ ἐν οἷσ κρείττων ἀλλ’ ἐν οἷσ ἀπειρότεροσ ἦν ἐκείνων, εἰσ ταῦτα προκαλούμενοσ, ἵνα μήτε λυπῇ παρευδοκιμῶν καὶ μανθάνων ὠφελῆται. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 22 5:3)
  • ἵνα μήτε λυπῇ παρευδοκιμῶν καὶ μανθάνων ὠφελῆται. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 22 14:2)
  • τοσαύτη οὖν γεγένηται ἡ ἐπικουρία ὅσον οὗτοσ ὠφέληται, καὶ ἀποδοτέον δὴ αὐτῷ ὅσον ἐπηύρετο, ἢ καὶ πλέον· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 149:3)
  • πυνθάνομαι γὰρ λέξειν Δημοσθένην, ὡσ ἡ πόλισ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ μὲν ὠφέληται πολλά, ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ καταβέβλαπται, καὶ τὸν Φίλιππον καὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ τὰσ ἀπὸ τούτων αἰτίασ ἀνοίσειν ἐπ’ ἐμέ. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 215 1:2)
  • λογίζεται οὖν ὅτι οὐκ, εἰ μέν τισ μεγάλοισ καὶ ἀνιάτοισ νοσήμασιν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα συνεχόμενοσ μὴ ἀπεπνίγη, οὗτοσ μὲν ἄθλιόσ ἐστιν ὅτι οὐκ ἀπέθανεν, καὶ οὐδὲν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ὠφέληται· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 394:2)

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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