ἐπωφελέω

English (LSJ)

aid, succour, τινα S.El.578,Ph.905; τινὰ οὐδέν Id.El.1005, E.Or.955, cf. Ar.Nu. 1442; τινι S.OC441, E.Andr.677: abs., Pl.Lg.843c; ἐν πολέμῳ Seleuc. ap. Ath.15.697d:—Pass., receive aid, Phalar.Ep.137. —In S. OC541 (lyr.), ἐδεξάμην δῶρον, ὃ μήποτ'..ἐπωφέλησα πόλεξς ἐξελέσθαι, the Sch. takes ἐπωφέλησα as, = ὤφελον, would that I never had received: -ήσας cj. Jebb.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1016] (dazu, dabei) helfen, nützen, beistehen, hülfreich sein, τινά, Soph. Phil. 893; Eur. Or. 955; τί δὴ ἐκ τούτων μ' ἐπωφελήσεις Ar. Nubb. 1442; so Plat. Legg. VIII, 843 c; Xen. Oec. 11, 9; – c. dat., οἱ δ' ἐπωφελεῖν τῷ πατρὶ δυνάμενοι Soph. O. C. 442; Eur. Andr. 676; – ἐδεξάμην δῶρον ὃ μήποτ' ἐπωφέλησα πόλεως ἐξελέσθαι Soph. O. C. 540, einen Lohn habe ich empfangen, von dem ich wünschte, daß, ihn zu erlangen, ich niemals der Stadt möchte einen Dienst geleistet haben.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ἐπωφελῶ :
1 être utile à, aider, assister, secourir : τινα, τινι qqn ; τινά τι aider qqn en qch;
2 devoir, mériter de, inf..
Étymologie: ἐπί, ὠφελέω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπωφελέω:
1 оказывать помощь, услугу, приносить пользу (τινα Soph. и τινι Soph., Eur.): δίδαξον τί μ᾽ ἐκ τούτων ἐπωφελήσεις Arph. расскажи, какую пользу ты мне этим принесешь; λύει γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἐπωφελεῖ Soph. (это) ни от чего нас не избавляет и ничем не помогает; τὸ ἐπωφελεῖν οὐδαμῇ ἅπαντος Plat. приносить пользу может отнюдь не всякий;
2 заслуживать (δῶρον πόλεως ἐξελέσθαι Soph.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπωφελέω: ὠφελῶ ἢ βοηθῶ τινα εἴς τι, τινά τι, τινά, οὐδὲν Σοφ. Ἠλ. 1005, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 955, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1442, Πλάτ., κτλ,: ἐπ. τινα, βοηθεῖν, ἐπικουρεῖν, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 578, Φιλ. 905, 1371· τινι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. Κ. 441, Εὐρ. Ἀνδρ. 677· ἀπολ., Πλάτ. Νόμ. 843C. - Παθ., λαμβάνω βοήθειαν, Φαλάρ. Ἐπιστ. 113: - ἐν Σοφ. Ο.Κ. 541, ἐδεξάμην δῶρον, ὃ μήποτ’… ἐπωφέλησα πόλεος ἐξελέσθαι, ὁ Σχολ. ἐκλαμβάνει τὸ ἐπωφέλησα ὡς ὤφελον, εἴθε νὰ μὴ εἶχον δεχθῆ. Ὁ Ἕρμ. πειρᾶται νὰ διατηρήσῃ τὴν συνήθη σημασίαν διά τινος ἑρμηνείας λίαν βεβιασμένης, ἴδε τὴν σημείωσιν αὐτοῦ. Ὁ Jebb ἔχει ἐπωφελήσας, ἴδε σημ. αὐτοῦ ἐν τόπῳ καὶ τὸ παράρτημα ἐν σ. 278.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπωφελέω: μέλ. -ήσω,
I. ωφελώ, βοηθώ, ενισχύω ή συντρέχω, συνδράμω κάποιον σε κάτι, τινά τι, σε Σοφ. κ.λπ.· ἐπ. τινα, βοηθώ ή συντρέχω, στον ίδ.· επίσης, τινί, στον ίδ., Ευρ.
II. δῶρον, ὃ μήποτ' ἐπωφέλησα ἐξελέσθαι, δώρο που ουδέποτε θα έπρεπε να είχα δεχθεί, στον ίδ.

Middle Liddell

fut. ήσω
I. to aid or succour one in a thing, τινά τι Soph., etc.; ἐπ. τινα to aid or succour, Soph.; also τινι Soph., Eur.
II. δῶρον, ὃ μήποτ' ἐπωφέλησα ἐξελέσθαι a gift, which would that I never had received, Eur.

Translations

help

Afar: cate; Afrikaans: help; Albanian: ndihmë; Arabic: سَاعَدَ‎, عَاوَنَ‎, غَاثَ‎; Egyptian Arabic: سَاعِد‎; Aragonese: achudar, aduyar; Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܝܸܪ‎, ܥܵܕܹܪ‎; Classical Syriac: ܥܕܪ‎; Armenian: օգնել; Aromanian: agiut; Asturian: ayudar, audar, axudar, aidar; Azerbaijani: kömək etmək, yardım etmək; Basque: lagundu; Bau Bidayuh: batu', batu'; Belarusian: памагаць, памагчы, дапамагаць, дапамагчы; Bengali: সাহায্য করা; Brunei Malay: tulung; Bulgarian: помагам, помогна; Burmese: ကူ, ကူညီ; Catalan: ajudar, aidar; Cebuano: tabang; Chinese Dungan: бонцу; Mandarin: 幫助／帮助, 幫忙／帮忙; Cornish: gweres, skoodhya; Corsican: aiutà; Crimean Tatar: yardım etmek; Czech: pomáhat, pomoct or pomoci; Danish: hjælpe; Dutch: helpen; Esperanto: helpi; Estonian: aitama; Extremaduran: ayual; Faroese: hjálpa; Finnish: auttaa, opastaa; Franco-Provençal: èdiér; French: aider, secourir; Friulian: judâ, socori; Galician: axudar; Georgian: დახმარება; German: helfen; Middle High German: hëlfen; Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽, 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽; Greek: βοηθώ, βοηθάω, συντρέχω; Ancient Greek: ἀλκάθω, ἀμυνάθω, ἀμύνω, ἀμφιπένομαι, ἀντεισάγω, ἀντιλαμβάνω, ἀοσσέω, ἀρήγω, ἀρκέω, ἀρωγέω, ἀτανύω, βοηδρομέω, βαθόημι, βοηθέω, βοηθῶ, ἐπαρήγω, ἐπαρκέω, ἐπιβοηθέω, ἐπικουρέω, ἐπικουρῶ, ἐπωφελέω, προσαρκέω, προσωφελέω, συμφέρω, χραισμέω, χραισμῶ, ὠφελέω, ὠφελῶ; Haitian Creole: ede; Hawaiian: kōkua; Hebrew: עזר‎, סייע‎; Higaonon: tabang; Hiligaynon: abáng-ábang; Hindi: मदद करना; Hungarian: segít; Icelandic: hjálpa; Ido: helpar; Indonesian: bantu; Sundanese: bantos; Interlingua: adjutar, succurrer; Irish: cuidigh le, cabraigh le, tug cúnamh do; Italian: aiutare; Japanese: 助ける, 手伝う; Javanese: nulung; Kazakh: болысу, ермек ету, жәрдем беру, көмек көрсету, көмектесу; Khmer: ជួយ; Korean: 돕다; Kumyk: болушмакъ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: یارمەتی دان‎; Kyrgyz: жардам көрсөтүү, жардам кылуу, жардам берүү, көмөк берүү; Ladino: ayudar; Lao: ຊ່ອຍ, ຊ່ວຽ; Latin: adiuvo, adiuto, iuvo, auxilio, opitulor, suppetior, animo; Latvian: līdzēt, palīdzēt; Lingala: kosálisa; Lithuanian: padėti; Lombard: iuttà, vütà; Low German: helpen; Luxembourgish: hëllefen; Macedonian: помага; Malay: tolong, bantu; Mansaka: tabang; Maore Comorian: usaidia; Maori: āwhinatanga; Maranao: tabang, ogop; Nahuatl: palehuia; Navajo: bíká iishyeed; Neapolitan: ajutà; Nepali: मदत गर्नु; Ngazidja Comorian: usaidia, uɗiriki; Norman: aîdgi; North Frisian: heelpe, halep; Norwegian: hjelpe; Occitan: ajudar, aidar; Old English: helpan; Old Javanese: tuluṅ; Old Portuguese: ajudar; Oromo: gargaaruu; Ossetian: ӕххуыс кӕнын; Papiamentu: yuda; Persian: کمک کردن‎, یاری کردن‎; Polish: pomagać, pomóc; Portuguese: ajudar, socorrer; Quechua: yanapay, yanapai; Romanian: ajuta, asista; Romansch: gidar, güder, güdar; Russian: помогать, помочь; Saho: xate; Salar: bañna; Sardinian: agiadai, agiuare, agiudai; Campidanese: aggiudai; Logudorese: aggiudare, azudare; Sassarese: achidà, aggiuddà; Scottish Gaelic: cuidich; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: помагати, по̀моћи; Roman: pomágati, pòmoći; Shan: ၸွႆႈထႅမ်, ၸွႆႈ; Sicilian: ajutari; Sinhalese: උදව් කරනවා; Slovak: pomáhať, pomôcť; Slovene: pomagati; Southern Altai: болуш-; Spanish: ayudar; Swahili: kusaidia; Swedish: hjälpa; Tagalog: tumulong, tulungan; Tajik: ёри кардан, кумак кардан; Tamil: உதவு; Tatar: ярдәм итәргә, ярдәм күрсәтергә; Tetum: tulun; Thai: ช่วยเหลือ, ช่วย; Tok Pisin: helpim; Turkish: yardım etmek; Turkmen: kömekleşmek, ýardam etmek; Ukrainian: допомагати, допомогти, помагати, помогти; Urdu: مدد کرنا‎; Uyghur: ياردەملەشمەك‎, ياردەم بەرمەك‎; Uzbek: qarashmoq, yordam bermoq, yordamlashmoq; Venetian: jutar, giutar, agiutar, aidar, daidar, alturiar; Vietnamese: giúp, giúp đỡ; Welsh: helpu, cynorthwyo; West Frisian: helpe; Western Bukidnon Manobo: tavang, uɣup; Yiddish: העלפֿן‎; Yucatec Maya: áant

aid

Armenian: օգնել; Belarusian: памагаць, памагчы; Bulgarian: помагам, подпомагам; Czech: pomáhat, asistovat, napomáhat; Danish: hjælpe, bistå; Dutch: helpen, bijstaan; Finnish: auttaa; French: aider; Friulian: judâ; Galician: axudar, acorrer; German: helfen; Greek: βοηθώ, βοηθάω; Ancient Greek: ἀλκάθω, ἀμυνάθω, ἀμύνω, ἀμφιπένομαι, ἀντεισάγω, ἀντιλαμβάνω, ἀοσσέω, ἀρήγω, ἀρκέω, ἀρωγέω, ἀτανύω, βοηδρομέω, βαθόημι, βοηθέω, βοηθῶ, ἐπαρήγω, ἐπαρκέω, ἐπιβοηθέω, ἐπικουρέω, ἐπικουρῶ, ἐπωφελέω, προσαρκέω, προσωφελέω, συμφέρω, χραισμέω, χραισμῶ, ὠφελέω, ὠφελῶ; Italian: aiutare; Japanese: 補助する, 援助する; Latin: iuvo, adiuvo, auxilior; Middle English: recoveren; Nahuatl: macoa; Polish: pomagać; Portuguese: ajudar, auxiliar; Romanian: ajuta; Russian: помогать; Spanish: ayudar; Swedish: bistå; Ukrainian: допомогати, підтримувати; Welsh: cymorthwyo