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ὠφέλιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠφέλιμος

Structure: ὠφελιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. helping, useful, serviceable, profitable, advantageous, beneficial

Examples

  • ὥστε εἰ αὕτη ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμοσ, ἡ σωφροσύνη ἄλλο τι ἂν εἰή ἡ ὠφελίμη ἡμῖν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 464:3)
  • οὐδὲν ἄρα ὀρθὴ δόξα ἐπιστήμησ χεῖρον οὐδὲ ἧττον ὠφελίμη ἔσται εἰσ τὰσ πράξεισ, οὐδὲ ἁνὴρ ὁ ἔχων ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἢ ὁ ἐπιστήμην. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 173:1)
  • δοῖμεν δέ γέ που ἂν καὶ τοῖσ προστάταισ αὐτῆσ, ὅσοι μὴ ποιητικοί, φιλοποιηταὶ δέ, ἄνευ μέτρου λόγον ὑπὲρ αὐτῆσ εἰπεῖν, ὡσ οὐ μόνον ἡδεῖα ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφελίμη πρὸσ τὰσ πολιτείασ καὶ τὸν βίον τὸν ἀνθρώπινόν ἐστιν· (Plato, Republic, book 10 298:1)
  • κερδανοῦμεν γάρ που ἐὰν μὴ μόνον ἡδεῖα φανῇ ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφελίμη. (Plato, Republic, book 10 299:1)

Synonyms

  1. helping

Related

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

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