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ὀλιγωφελής

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: ὀλῐγωφελής Medium diacritics: ὀλιγωφελής Low diacritics: ολιγωφελής Capitals: ΟΛΙΓΩΦΕΛΗΣ
Transliteration A: oligōphelḗs Transliteration B: oligōphelēs Transliteration C: oligofelis Beta Code: o)ligwfelh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (ὄφελος)

   A of little use, S.E.M.1.296: Comp., Herod. Med. ap. Orib.8.3.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 322] ές, wenig helfend, S. Emp. adv. eth. 132.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀλῐγωφελής: -ές, ὁ ὀλίγον ὠφελῶν, Σέξτ. Ἐμπειρ. π. Μ. 1. 296.

Greek Monolingual

ὀλιγωφελής, -ές (Α)
αυτός που ωφελεί λίγο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < (ὀλιγ((ο)- (βλ. λ. λιγο-) + -ωφελής (< ὄφελος), πρβλ. κοιν-ωφελής. Το -ω- του τ. οφείλεται στη λειτουργία του νόμου της «εκτάσεως εν συνθέσει»].