ὠφελέω
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ὄφελος (óphelos) + -έω (-éō).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː.pʰe.lé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.pʰeˈle.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ɸeˈle.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.feˈle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.feˈle.o/
Verb[edit]
ὠφελέω • (ōpheléō)
- to help
- to be useful
- to benefit
- 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 13:1–3:
- Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ […] ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
- Eàn taîs glṓssais tôn anthrṓpōn lalô […] agápēn dè mḕ ékhō, oudèn ōpheloûmai.
- Though I speak with the tongues of men […] and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. (KJV)
- (literally, “I have no profit)”)
- Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ […] ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
Conjugation[edit]
Present: ὠφελέω, ὠφελέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐὠφέλεον, ἐὠφελεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐὠφέλεον | ἐὠφέλεες | ἐὠφέλεε(ν) | ἐὠφελέετον | ἐὠφελεέτην | ἐὠφελέομεν | ἐὠφελέετε | ἐὠφέλεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐὠφελεόμην | ἐὠφελέου | ἐὠφελέετο | ἐὠφελέεσθον | ἐὠφελεέσθην | ἐὠφελεόμεθᾰ | ἐὠφελέεσθε | ἐὠφελέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐὠφέλουν | ἐὠφέλεις | ἐὠφέλει | ἐὠφελεῖτον | ἐὠφελείτην | ἐὠφελοῦμεν | ἐὠφελεῖτε | ἐὠφέλουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐὠφελούμην | ἐὠφελοῦ | ἐὠφελεῖτο | ἐὠφελεῖσθον | ἐὠφελείσθην | ἐὠφελούμεθᾰ | ἐὠφελεῖσθε | ἐὠφελοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐὠφελήκειν, ἐὠφελήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐὠφελήκειν, ἐὠφελήκη |
ἐὠφελήκεις, ἐὠφελήκης |
ἐὠφελήκει(ν) | ἐὠφελήκετον | ἐὠφεληκέτην | ἐὠφελήκεμεν | ἐὠφελήκετε | ἐὠφελήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐὠφελήμην | ἐὠφέλησο | ἐὠφέλητο | ἐὠφέλησθον | ἐὠφελήσθην | ἐὠφελήμεθᾰ | ἐὠφέλησθε | ἐὠφέληντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Descendants[edit]
- Greek: ωφελώ (ofeló)
Further reading[edit]
- “ὠφελέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὠφελέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὠφελέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette