ὄφελος — Middle Liddell

ὄφελος ὄφελος, εος, τό, ὀφέλλω only in nom. furtherance, advantage, help, used often (like opus) as an indecl. adj., αἴ κʼ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα whether we can be of any use, Il.; τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴης ὄφ. ἡμῖν; what good couldst thou be to us? Ar.; c. inf., τί ὄφ. σώματι κάμνοντι σιτία διδόναι; Plat.; c. gen., τῶν ὄφελός ἐστι οὐδέν of which there is no profit, Hdt.; ὄφ. οὐδὲν γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ Xen.;—but, ὅ τι περ ὄφελος στρατεύματος the serviceable part of the army, Xen.

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furtherance, advantage, help

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ὄφελος

Headword (normalized):

ὄφελος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

οφελος

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IDX:

23920

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23946

Key:

o)/felos

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