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ὄφελος

ὄφελος, furtherance, advantage, help

ὄφελος, τό, (ὀφέλλω B) only in nom. and acc. sg.,
  • furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κʼ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, Il. 13.236; ὅς τοι πόλλʼ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, 17.152; οὐδὲν σοί γʼ ὄ. not as any good to thee, 22.513; ὄ. τί μοι ἔσσῃ h.Merc. 34; τί δʼ ἔστʼ ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ; Thgn. 102; λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄ. ἢ ʼπʼ ἐμοὶ τόδε; S. Ph. 1384; τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴης ὄ. ἡμῖν; what good could you be to us? Ar. Pl. 1152, cf. Pl. R. 505a, etc.; τὸ μέγα ὄ. τῆς πόλεως, Lat. columen rerum, ironical in Aeschin. 2.24 (quoted from D.): c. inf., τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι . . σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι; Pl. Grg. 504e, cf. 513e; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή ʼστι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι; Philem. 104.
      • 2 c. gen., φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι A. Supp. 737 (lyr.); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν Hdt. 8.68.γʹ; οἷσι . . οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης Hp. Vict. 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.; E. Fr. 548; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. And. 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ Pl. R. 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν Id. Ap. 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος X. Cyr. 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει D. 25.46; τί δʼ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ; Men. 821.
      • 3 ὅ τι πέρ ἐστʼ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, Ar. Ec. 53, cf. Luc. Herod. 8: c. gen., ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος the serviceable part (or perh. the flower) of the army, X. HG 5.3.6, cf. Theoc. 13.18; ὅ τι περ . . ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, Luc. Tim. 55.
      • 4 c. gen. objecti, help against a thing, Nic. Th. 518.

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