wfeleia
ὠφέλειαὠφέλ-εια, ἡ, required by the metre (in iambics), S.El.944, Ar. Th.183; whereas ὠφελία is required in E.Andr.539 (anap.), Fr.78 (lyr.), Ar.Ec.576 (lyr.): the best codd. of Pl. have ὠφελία more freq. than ὠφέλεια (although B always has ὠφέλεια in Phdr.), and ὠφελία is found in IG12.69.24 (v B. C., Prose), Hyp.Eux.9, and freq. in Phld., as Mus.p.54 K., al.: Ion. ὠφελίη Hdt.5.98, al., AP6.187 (Alph.)
help, aid, succour, esp. in war, ἔπεμπον ἐς τὴν Ἐπίδαμνον . . τὴν ὠ. Th. 1.26, cf. 39; τὴν ὠ. παρέχειν τινί Id.3.13, cf. And.3.31; ὠ. ἀνδρὶ φέρειν E.Fr.78 (lyr.); ὠ. προσλήψεσθαι Th.2.7; ἀπό τινων εὑρίσκεσθαι Id.1.31; τῆς ὠ. μεταλαμβάνειν Id.1.39; τυγχάνειν Id.6.17; ἐπάγεσθαί τινας ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ for aid, Id.1.3, cf. 5.38; ἀποχρήσασθαι τῇ ἑκατέρου ἡμῶν ὠ. to make full use of the assistance or services we both can give, Id.6.17; μετὰ τῶν κειμένων νόμων ὠφελίας Id.3.82, cf. D.H. Th.31; οὐδὲν ἰατρικῆς δεῖται οὐδ᾽ ὠφελίας or any other aid, Pl.Ly. 217a, cf. R.559b; καὶ τοῖσιν ἑλκωθεῖσιν ὠφελίαν (ὠφέλειαν codd., unmetrically) ἔχει Com.Adesp.106.8. profit, advantage, βούλευμα ἀπ᾽ οὗ . . οὐδεμία ἔμελλε ὠφελίη ἔσεσθαι Hdt. l. c.; εἴ τις ὠφέλειά γε S.El.944; τὴν κοινὴν ὠ. φυλάξαι the common interest of all, Th. 6.80; τίς ἂν εἴη ἡμῖν ὠ. εἰδόσιν αὐτό; Pl.Chrm.167b; opp. βλάβη, X.Cyr.6.2.13, Pl. (v. infr.2), etc.; opp. ζημία, X.Mem.2.3.6; ἐπ᾽ ὠφελείᾳ ἐστί τι ib.1.4.4: c. gen. subjecti, τὴν ὠ. τὴν τῶν τειχέων their utility, Hdt.7.139: c. gen. objecti, ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ τῶν φίλων for their benefit, Pl.R.334b; ὠφελίας ἕνεκα ib.398b; ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠ. And.2.2; ἐν ὠ. ἐστί 'tis of use, X.Vect.4.35; after ὠφελεῖν, cf. ὠφελέω 1.5. source of gain or profit, service, freq. in pl., τὰς ὠ. τὰς ἐκ τῆς στρατείας . . ἐσομένας Isoc.4.15; αἱ κοιναὶ ὠ. Lys. 19.62; αἱ ἀπὸ τινος γιγνόμεναι ὠ. Isoc.4.29; ὠφελίας τε καὶ βλάβας ἀποδιδοῦσα Id.R.332d; αἱ παρὰ τῶν μισθοδοτούντων αὐτοὺς ὠ. D.15.32. esp. gain made in war, spoil, booty, Plb.2.3.8, 3.82.8, Rev.Arch.6(1935).31 (pl., Amphipolis), LXX 2 Ma.8.20; ὠ. μεγάλαι καὶ λάφυρα Plu.2.255b; ὠφελείας ἀθροῖσαι Id.Cleom.12; πολλῆς ὠ. κυριεῦσαι D.S.15.36; τὴν χώραν γέμειν ὠφελείας Plb.3.80.3; τίθεσθαι τὰ χρήματα δι᾽ ὠφελείας to regard as booty, D.H.7.37; so in the chase, game, X.Cyn.6.4; so of a thief, ὠ. ἑτοίμην καὶ κατειργασμένην ἀφῆκεν Antipho 2.1.4. (Prob. abstracted fr. οἰκ-ωφελία, which comes fr. οἶκον ὀφέλλειν 'to increase the οἶκος'; cf. ὄφελος.)
wfelew
ὠφελέωὠφελ-έω, fut. -ήσω Ar.Av.358, etc.: aor. ὠφέλησα Hdt.3.127, etc.: pf. -ηκα Hp. Acut.44, Pl.Grg.511e, etc.: plpf. ὠφελήκη Id.Ap.31d
Pass., fut. ὠφεληθήσομαι And.2.22, Is.10.16, Hp.Int.35, X.Cyr.3.2.20; more freq. fut. Med. in pass. sense, ὠφελήσομαι Th.6.18, 7.67, Pl.R. 343c, X.Mem.1.6.14, v.l. in Lys.19.61: aor. ὠφελήθην Th.2.39, 5.90, etc.: pf. ὠφέλημαι A.Pr.222, Pl.Grg.512a, etc.: plpf. ὠφέλητο Th.6.60: (ὄφελος)
help, aid, succour, first in Hdt. (v. infr.); opp. βλάπτω, Th.6.14, Pl.Phd.107d; opp. ζημιόω, Isoc.6.5.—Construction: abs., to be of use or service, τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα A.Pr.44, cf. S.Fr.196, E.IA348(troch.), X.Oec.1.9; οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ Th.2.87; τὸ πολλάκις ὠφελοῦν Isoc.8.35. c. acc. pers., to be of service to, benefit, Hdt.2.95, A.Pr.507; τὰς ψυχὰς ὠ. διδάσκοντες X.Cyr.2.3.23; ὠ. τινα ἔς τι to be of use to one towards a thing, Th. 4.75; τί δέ μ᾽ ὠφελήσους᾽ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτα; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? Ar.Nu.648: abs., ἐπὶ τοῖς δεινοῖσιν E.Fr. 84; διὰ τῶν ὤτων Plu.2.38c, cf. 145b: c. part., αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον E.Hipp.970. esp. of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, Plu.Aem.29; τοὺς στρατιώτας ὠφεληκὼς ἀπὸ τῶν στρατειῶν Id.Caes.12; cf. ὠφέλεια 11.3. in Poets also (v. Thom.Mag.p.408R.) c. dat. pers., A.Pr.342, Pers.842, S.Ant.560, E.Or.666, 681, Heracl.681, Ar.Av.421 (lyr.); also in Antipho 6.38, and v.l. in Th. 5.23; the compds. προσωφελέω, ἐπωφελέω, συνωφελέω also take both constructions. c. gen., dub. in οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ᾽ ἐφαίνετ᾽ ὠφελῶν S.OC436 (fort. leg. ἔρωτ᾽ ἐς τόνδ᾽). c. acc. cogn., ὠφελίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, Pl.R.519e, cf. Euthd.275e; ὠφελίαν κοινῇ -οῦνται πάντες οἱ δημιουργοί Id.R.346c: with a neut. Adj., οὐδέν τινα ὠ. to do one no service, Hdt.3.126, E.Alc.875 (lyr.); πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠ. τινα, Isoc.3.30, E.Andr.679, 681, Th. 6.14. Pass., receive help or succour, derive profit or advantage, πρός τινος from a person or thing, Hdt.2.68; ἔκ τινος A.Pr.222, Antipho 3.2.3; ἀπό τινος Th.3.64, X.Oec.1.15, cf. Gorg.Pal.10; ὑπό or παρά τινος, Pl.Grg.512a, Amat.132d; ὠ. τοῦ νόμου to derive benefit from . . , Antipho 5.17(dub. l.); τινι by a thing, Th.3.67; διά τι ib.13; παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὠφελεῖσθαι to make something out of me, Antipho 2.2.13; ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων help the mselves, Lys.27.7: esp. of troops, acquire booty, πολλὰ παρὰ τὴν στρατείαν ὠ. Plu.Cat.Ma.10; ὠ. δι᾽ ἁρπαγῆς Id.Marc. 19; ὠφελεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, X.Cyn. 5.27: c. part., ὠφελεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, Th.2.39: c. adj. neut., οὐδὲν ὠφελουμένη S.Ant.550: πολλὰ ὠφελεῖσθαι οὐδὲν πονοῦντες X.Cyr.3.2.20.
wfelhma
ὠφέλημαὠφέλ-ημα, ατος, τό, a useful or serviceable thing, service, benefit, A.Pr.251; ἀνθρώποισιν ὠφελήματα ib.501; of a person, ὦ κοινὸν ὠφέλημα θνητοῖσιν φανείς ib.613, cf. E.Tr.703. ὠφελήματα things good in themselves, e.g. harmony, goodwill, opp. εὐχρηστήματα, Stoic.3.23, cf.136. generally, use, advantage, profit, τί δῆτα δόξης . . ὠ. γίγνεται; S.OC259, cf. X. Hier.10.3; ὠφελήματα πατρίδος Id.Ages.7.2.
wfelhsimos
ὠφελήσιμοςὠφελ-ήσῐμος, ον, useful, serviceable, profitable, πολλοὶ μὲν ἐχθροί, παῦρα δ᾽ ὠ. S.Aj.1022; ὠ. [λόγος] Ar.Av.317 (troch.).
wfelhsis
ὠφέλησιςὠφέλ-ησις, εως, ἡ, helping, aiding, hence, like ὠφέλεια, use, service, advantage, S.OC401; σοὶ γὰρ ὠ. οὐκ ἔνι Id.El.1031.
wfelhteon
ὠφελητέοςὠφελ-ητέος, α, ον, proper to be served, ὠφελγτέα σοι ἡ πόλις X.Mem.3.6.3. ὠφελητέον, one must serve, τὴν πόλιν ib.2.1.28.
wfelhtikos
ὠφελητικόςὠφελ-ητικός, ή, όν, helpful, useful, Ph.1.14, Fr.55 H., Arr. Epict.2.10.23, Aristid.Quint.2.9, Dam.Isid.296.
wfelia
ὠφελίαὠφελ-ία, v. ὠφέλεια.
wfelimos
ὠφέλιμοςὠφέλ-ῐμος, ον, rarely η, ον, Pl.Chrm.174d (dub. l.), R.607d
helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial, sts. of persons, as Id.Men.98c, R.461b (Comp.), X.Mem.2.7.9: but more freq. of things, Th.2.46, etc.; τινι to one, E.Ion138 (lyr.), Th.4.44, 7.64, etc.; ἔς τι for a purpose, Id.3.68; πρὸς τὰς πολιτείας Pl.R.607d; ὑπέρ τινος X. Cyr.6.2.34; κρίνειν τι ὠ. Th.1.22; τὸ ὠ. as Subst., Pl.R.457d; τὸ ὑμῖν ὠ. Th.1.76, cf. E. l. c.: Comp. and Sup., -ώτερος, -ώτατος, Th.1.93, Pl.R.461b, Tht.179a. Adv. -μως X.Mem.4.4.1, Pl.Grg.470a, Chrm. 163c: Sup. -ώτατα X.Eq.6.1.
wfellon
ὤφελλονὤφελλον, Ep. for ὤφελον, aor. 2 of ὀφείλω.