ὀφελτρεύω

Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4

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Full diacritics: ὀφελτρεύω	Medium diacritics: ὀφελτρεύω	Low diacritics: οφελτρεύω	Capitals: ΟΦΕΛΤΡΕΥΩ
Transliteration A: opheltreúō	Transliteration B: opheltreuō	Transliteration C: ofeltreyo	Beta Code: o)feltreu/w

English (LSJ)

(ὀφέλλω C)

A sweep, Lyc. 1165.

[Seite 425] segen, kehren, reinigen, Lycophr. 579. 1165; Suid.

ὀφελτρεύω: κοσμῶ, καλλύνω, Λυκόφρ. 1165, Σουΐδ. - ὄφελτρον, τό, κάλλυντρον, Ἡσύχ., Σχόλ. εἰς Λυκόφρ. 1165, ἴδε ἐν λ. ὀφέλλω Γ.