ὠφελέω
ὠφελέω
ὄφελος
to help, aid, assist, succour, to be of use or service to any one:
absol. to be of use or service, τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα Aesch.; οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ Thuc.
mostly c. acc. pers., like Lat. juvare, to be of service to, to benefit, Hdt., Aesch., etc.; ὠφ. τινα ἔς τι to be of use to one towards a thing, Thuc.
more rarely c. dat. pers., like Lat. prodesse, Trag., Antipho.
once c. gen., οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδʼ ἐφαίνετʼ ὠφελῶν no one appeared to help towards this desire, Soph.
c. acc. cogn., ὠφέλειαν ὠφ. τινα to render him a service, Plat.; so with a neut. adj., οὐδέν τινα ὠφ. to do one no service, Hdt. (v. supr. 1); πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠφ. Eur., etc.