ὄφελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ὀφέλλω]] B) only in nom. and acc. sg., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[furtherance]], [[advantage]], [[help]], <b class="b3">αἴ κ' ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα</b> in case we can be of any [[use]], <span class="bibl">Il. 13.236</span>; <b class="b3">ὅς τοι πόλλ' ὄφελος γένετο</b> who was a [[help]] to thee in many [[matter]]s, <span class="bibl">17.152</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν σοί γ' ὄφελος</b> not as any [[good]] to thee, <span class="bibl">22.513</span>; ὄφελός τί μοι ἔσσῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>34</span>; τί δ' ἔστ' ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ ;<span class="bibl">Thgn.102</span>; λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄφελος ἢ 'π' ἐμοὶ τόδε ;<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1384</span>; <b class="b3">τί δῆτ' ἂν εἴης ὄφελος  ἡμῖν</b>;[[what]] [[good]] [[could]] you be to us? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>505a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ μέγα ὄφελος τῆς πόλεως</b>, Lat. [[columen]] [[rerum]], [[ironical]] in <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.24</span> (quoted from D.): c. inf., τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι . . σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι ;<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>504e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">513e</span>; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ;<span class="bibl">Philem.104</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>737</span> (lyr.); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.68</span>.γ; οἷσι . . οὐδὲν ὄφελος ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>3.69</span>; τί τῆς [[εὐμορφία]]ς ὄφελος ;<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>548</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄφελος</b> <span class="bibl">And.4.17</span>; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄφελος ᾖ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>530c</span>; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄφελος ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28b</span>; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.18</span>; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄφελος ἥτις μὴ τέμνει <span class="bibl">D.25.46</span>; τί δ' ὄφελος εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ ;<span class="bibl">Men.821</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ' ὄφελος ἐν τῇ πόλει</b> all that is [[best]], all the best people, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herod.</span>8</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ ὄφελος τοῦ στρατεύματος</b> the [[serviceable]] [[part]] (or perhaps the [[flower]]) of the [[army]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.3.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.18</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ . . ἀπληστίας ὄφελος</b> the [[flower]] ([[acme]]) of [[gluttony]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. objecti, [[help]] [[against]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>518</span>.</span>