ὠφελέω

English (LSJ)

fut.

   A -ήσω Ar.Av.358, etc.: aor. ὠφέλησα Hdt.3.127, etc.: pf. -ηκα Hp. Acut.44, Pl.Grg.511e, etc.: plpf. ὠφελήκη Id.Ap.31d:—Pass., fut. ὠφεληθήσομαι And.2.22, Is.10.16, Hp.Int.35, X.Cyr.3.2.20; more freq. fut. Med. in pass. sense, ὠφελήσομαι Th.6.18, 7.67, Pl.R. 343c, X.Mem.1.6.14, v.l. in Lys.19.61: aor. ὠφελήθην Th.2.39, 5.90, etc.: pf. ὠφέλημαι A.Pr.222, Pl.Grg.512a, etc.: plpf. ὠφέλητο Th.6.60: (ὄφελος):—help, aid, succour, first in Hdt. (v. infr.); opp. βλάπτω, Th.6.14, Pl.Phd.107d; opp. ζημιόω, Isoc.6.5.—Construction:    I abs., to be of use or service, τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα A.Pr.44, cf. S.Fr.196, E.IA348(troch.), X.Oec.1.9; οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ Th.2.87; τὸ πολλάκις ὠφελοῦν Isoc.8.35.    2 c. acc. pers., to be of service to, benefit, Hdt.2.95, A.Pr.507; τὰς ψυχὰς ὠ. διδάσκοντες X.Cyr.2.3.23; ὠ. τινα ἔς τι to be of use to one towards a thing, Th. 4.75; τί δέ μ' ὠφελήσουσ' οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτα; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? Ar.Nu.648: abs., ἐπὶ τοῖς δεινοῖσιν E.Fr. 84; διὰ τῶν ὤτων Plu.2.38c, cf. 145b: c. part., αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον E.Hipp.970.    b esp. of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, Plu.Aem.29; τοὺς στρατιώτας ὠφεληκὼς ἀπὸ τῶν στρατειῶν Id.Caes.12; cf. ὠφέλεια 11.3.    3 in Poets also (v. Thom.Mag.p.408R.) c. dat. pers., A.Pr.342, Pers.842, S.Ant.560, E.Or.666, 681, Heracl.681, Ar.Av.421 (lyr.); also in Antipho 6.38, and v.l. in Th. 5.23; the compds. προσωφελέω, ἐπωφελέω, συνωφελέω also take both constructions.    4 c. gen., dub. in οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ' ἐφαίνετ' ὠφελῶν S.OC436 (fort. leg. ἔρωτ' ἐς τόνδ').    5 c. acc. cogn., ὠφελίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, Pl.R.519e, cf. Euthd.275e; ὠφελίαν κοινῇ -οῦνται πάντες οἱ δημιουργοί Id.R.346c: with a neut. Adj., οὐδέν τινα ὠ. to do one no service, Hdt.3.126, E.Alc.875 (lyr.); πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠ. τινα, Isoc.3.30, E.Andr.679, 681, Th. 6.14.    II Pass., receive help or succour, derive profit or advantage, πρός τινος from a person or thing, Hdt.2.68; ἔκ τινος A.Pr.222, Antipho 3.2.3; ἀπό τινος Th.3.64, X.Oec.1.15, cf. Gorg.Pal.10; ὑπό or παρά τινος, Pl.Grg.512a, Amat.132d; ὠ. τοῦ νόμου to derive benefit from... Antipho 5.17(dub. l.); τινι by a thing, Th.3.67; διά τι ib.13; παρ' ἐμοῦ ὠφελεῖσθαι to make something out of me, Antipho 2.2.13; ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων help the mselves, Lys.27.7: esp. of troops, acquire booty, πολλὰ παρὰ τὴν στρατείαν ὠ. Plu.Cat.Ma.10; ὠ. δι' ἁρπαγῆς Id.Marc. 19; ὠφελεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, X.Cyn. 5.27: c. part., ὠφελεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, Th.2.39: c. adj. neut., οὐδὲν ὠφελουμένη S.Ant.550: πολλὰ ὠφελεῖσθαι οὐδὲν πονοῦντες X.Cyr.3.2.20.