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ὠφελέω

ε-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ὠφελέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to help, aid, assist, succour, to be of use or service to
to be of use or service
to be of use, towards
towards
to render, service, to do, service

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ὠφελῶ	ὠφελεῖς	ὠφελεῖ
Dual		ὠφελεῖτον	ὠφελεῖτον
Plural	ὠφελοῦμεν	ὠφελεῖτε	ὠφελοῦσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ὠφελῶ	ὠφελῇς	ὠφελῇ
Dual		ὠφελῆτον	ὠφελῆτον
Plural	ὠφελῶμεν	ὠφελῆτε	ὠφελῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	ὠφελοῖμι	ὠφελοῖς	ὠφελοῖ
Dual		ὠφελοῖτον	ὠφελοίτην
Plural	ὠφελοῖμεν	ὠφελοῖτε	ὠφελοῖεν
Imperative	Singular		ὠφέλει	ὠφελείτω
Dual		ὠφελεῖτον	ὠφελείτων
Plural		ὠφελεῖτε	ὠφελούντων, ὠφελείτωσαν
Infinitive	ὠφελεῖν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ὠφελων ὠφελουντος	ὠφελουσα ὠφελουσης	ὠφελουν ὠφελουντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ὠφελοῦμαι	ὠφελεῖ, ὠφελῇ	ὠφελεῖται
Dual		ὠφελεῖσθον	ὠφελεῖσθον
Plural	ὠφελούμεθα	ὠφελεῖσθε	ὠφελοῦνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ὠφελῶμαι	ὠφελῇ	ὠφελῆται
Dual		ὠφελῆσθον	ὠφελῆσθον
Plural	ὠφελώμεθα	ὠφελῆσθε	ὠφελῶνται
Optative	Singular	ὠφελοίμην	ὠφελοῖο	ὠφελοῖτο
Dual		ὠφελοῖσθον	ὠφελοίσθην
Plural	ὠφελοίμεθα	ὠφελοῖσθε	ὠφελοῖντο
Imperative	Singular		ὠφελοῦ	ὠφελείσθω
Dual		ὠφελεῖσθον	ὠφελείσθων
Plural		ὠφελεῖσθε	ὠφελείσθων, ὠφελείσθωσαν
Infinitive	ὠφελεῖσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ὠφελουμενος ὠφελουμενου	ὠφελουμενη ὠφελουμενης	ὠφελουμενον ὠφελουμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ὠφελούντων, ὠφελείτωσαν

Infinitive

ὠφελεῖν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ὠφελων ὠφελουντος

ὠφελουσα ὠφελουσης

ὠφελουν ὠφελουντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ὠφελείσθων, ὠφελείσθωσαν

Infinitive

ὠφελεῖσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ὠφελουμενος ὠφελουμενου

ὠφελουμενη ὠφελουμενης

ὠφελουμενον ὠφελουμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ὠφέλουν	ὠφέλεις	ὠφέλειν*
Dual		ὠφελεῖτον	ὠφελείτην
Plural	ὠφελοῦμεν	ὠφελεῖτε	ὠφέλουν
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ὠφελούμην	ὠφελοῦ	ὠφελεῖτο
Dual		ὠφελεῖσθον	ὠφελείσθην
Plural	ὠφελούμεθα	ὠφελεῖσθε	ὠφελοῦντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

χωρὶσ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων ὑδάτων ναμάτιόν τι ἐφάνη ψυχρὸν ὕδωρ προιέμενον οὐ πόρρω τῆσ θαλάσσησ, τούτου πίνοντεσ οἱ ἀρρωστοῦντεσ τὰ μέγιστα ὠφελοῦντο διὸ πολλοὶ παρεγίνοντο καὶ μακρόθεν τῷ ὕδατι χρησόμενοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 35)
ὅθεν ἥκιστα ὠφελοῦντο ὑπὸ τοῦ Διογένουσ Κορίνθιοι, καθάπερ ἂν εἰ νοσοῦντεσ ἐπιδημοῦντοσ ἰατροῦ μὴ προσῄεσαν ἀλλ’ ἐνόμιζον ἱκανὸν εἶναι καὶ τὸ ὁρᾶν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ πόλει. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 4:4)
ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν ὅτι ἐδεήθησαν κολάσεωσ λέγοιεν ὡσ ἄθλιοι οἱ κακοί, διδόντεσ δὲ δίκην ὠφελοῦντο ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐατέον· (Plato, Republic, book 2 396:2)
ἔδοξα γὰρ παρὰ ποταμὸν βαδίζων βόασ ἰδεῖν εὐτραφεῖσ ἅμα καὶ μεγέθει διαφερούσασ ἑπτὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ νάματοσ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλοσ, ἄλλασ δὲ ταύταισ τὸν ἀριθμὸν παραπλησίασ ἐκ τοῦ ἕλουσ ὑπαντῆσαι λίαν κατισχνωμένασ καὶ δεινὰσ ὁραθῆναι, αἳ κατεσθίουσαι τὰσ εὐτραφεῖσ καὶ μεγάλασ οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦντο χαλεπῶσ ὑπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ τετρυχωμέναι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 2 106:1)
εὐτελὲσ δὲ οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ὀλίγον ὠφελοῦντο, ἀλλὰ πολὺν μὲν χρυσόν, πολὺν δὲ ἄργυρον, ἀγέλασ δὲ παντοδαπῶν κτηνῶν, ἔτι γε μὴν σίτου μυριάσι καὶ κριθῆσ αἷσ οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἤλπισαν ἐπιτυχόντεσ τῶν μὲν προτέρων κακῶν ἀπηλλάγησαν, ἀφθονίαν δ’ εἶχον, ὡσ ὠνεῖσθαι δύο μὲν σάτα κριθῆσ σίκλου σεμιδάλεωσ δὲ σάτον σίκλου κατὰ τὴν Ἐλισσαίου προφητείαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 102:1)

Synonyms

to help
- ἀρήγω (to help, aid, succour)
- χραισμέω (to defend, help, aid)
- βοηθέω (to come to aid, to succour, assist)
- ὑπουργέω (to render service or help, to serve, assist)
- ἐπαρκέω (to help, assist, will aid?)
- προσαρκέω (to yield needful aid, succour, assist)
- ἐπωφελέω (to aid or succour, in, to aid or succour)
to be of use or service
- χρησιμεύω (to be useful or serviceable)
to be of use
- κατειρωνεύομαι (to use irony towards, to dissemble)
towards
- προσστείχω (to go or come towards)
- ἐγκλίνω (to turn, towards)
- ἐπιστρέφω (to turn towards)
- προσθέω (to run towards or to)
- προσφέρω (to go to or towards, sailing)
- προσανατέλλω (to rise up towards)
- προσβαίνω (to go to or towards, approach)
- ἐποίχομαι (to go towards, approach)
- ἐπινεύω (to incline towards)
- ἐπικλίνω (to incline towards)
- ἐπιπέτομαι (to fly to or towards)
- προσπέτομαι (to fly to or towards)
- συγχορηγέω (to contribute towards)
- ἐπιρρέπω (to lean towards)
- προσνήχομαι (to swim towards)
- προσνέω (to swim to or towards)
to render
- ἀποφαίνω (to render or make)
- καταβάλλω (to put in, render)

Derived

ἀντωφελέω (to assist or benefit in turn, to derive profit in turn)
ἐπωφελέω (to aid or succour, in, to aid or succour)
προσωφελέω (to help or assist besides, contribute to assist)
συνωφελέω (to join in aiding or relieving)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ὠφελέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to help

to be of use or service

to be of use

towards

to render

Derived

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ὠφελέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to help

to be of use or service

to be of use

towards

to render

Derived

Similar forms

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