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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

βοηθοῦντα λόγον ἔξωθεν εἰσ τὴν ψυχήν, ὁ δὲ θυμὸσ οὐχ ᾗ φησιν ὁ Μελάνθιοσ τὰ δεινὰ πράσσει τὰσ φρένασ μετοικίσασ, ἀλλ’ ἐξοικίσασ τελείωσ καὶ ἀποκλείσασ, ὥσπερ οἱ συνεμπιπράντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ ταῖσ οἰκίαισ, πάντα ταραχῆσ καὶ καπνοῦ καὶ ψόφου μεστὰ ποιεῖ τὰ ἐντόσ, ὥστε μήτ’ ἰδεῖν μήτ’ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ὠφελούντων. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 2 5:1)
ὅμωσ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καὶ παρ’ ὃν ἀκμάζει καιρὸν ἁμωσγέπωσ ὑπείκει καὶ παρίησι βοηθοῦντα λόγον ἔξωθεν εἰσ τὴν ψυχήν, ὁ δὲ θυμὸσ οὐχ ᾗ φησιν ὁ Μελάνθιοσ τὰ δεινὰ πράσσει τὰσ φρένασ μετοικίσασ, ἀλλ’ ἐξοικίσασ τελείωσ καὶ ἀποκλείσασ, ὥσπερ οἱ συνεμπιπράντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ ταῖσ οἰκίαισ, πάντα ταραχῆσ καὶ καπνοῦ καὶ ψόφου μεστὰ ’ποιεῖ τὰ ἐντόσ, ὥστε μήτ’ ἰδεῖν μήτ’ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ὠφελούντων. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 2 1:3)
περίεστιν οὖν τοῖσ μὲν ἀναισθησία καὶ ἀπιστία τῶν ὠφελούντων, τοῖσ δὲ ταραχὴ καὶ φόβοσ; (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 6 4:1)
ὅττι τοι ἐν μεγάροισι κακὸν τ’ ἀγαθόν τε τέτυκται τὸν περὶ βίου καὶ θανάτου σκοπούμενον, οὐδ’ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ ζυγοῦ τὰ πρὸσ εὐδαιμονίαν καὶ κακοδαιμονίαν ἐξετάζειν ἐπιζήμια μᾶλλον ἢ ὠφέλιμα ἀλλ’ ἐκ τῶν μήτ’ ὠφελούντων μήτε βλαπτόντων τοὺσ εἰ βιωτέον ἢ μὴ ποιεῖσθαι λογισμούσ; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 11 6:1)
εὖ γε νὴ τὴν Ἥραν λέγεισ καὶ πολλὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν ὠφελούντων. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 71:1)

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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