ὠφέλιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, rarely η, ον, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>174d</span> (dub. l.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[helping]], [[aiding]], [[useful]], [[serviceable]], [[beneficial]], sometimes of persons, as <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Men.</span>98c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>461b</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.7.9</span>: but more freq. of things, <span class="bibl">Th.2.46</span>, etc.; τινι to one, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>138</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.4.44</span>, <span class="bibl">7.64</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔς τι</b> for a purpose, <span class="bibl">Id.3.68</span>; πρὸς τὰς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.34</span>; [[κρίνειν]] τι [[ὠφέλιμον]] <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; τὸ [[ὠφέλιμον]] as Subst., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>457d</span>; τὸ [[ὑμῖν]] [[ὠφέλιμον]] <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>, cf. E. l. c.: Comp. and Sup., [[ὠφελιμώτερος]], [[ὠφελιμώτατος]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>461b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>179a</span>. Adv. [[ὠφελίμως]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>470a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Chrm.</span> 163c</span>: Sup. [[ὠφελιμώτατα]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>6.1</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[helping]], [[useful]], [[serviceable]], [[profitable]], [[advantageous]], [[beneficial]], of persons and things, Thuc., Plat., etc.; τινι to on Eur., etc.; ἔς τι for a [[purpose]], Thuc.; πρός τι Plat.; —τὸ ὠφ. as Subst., Plat.:—adv. -μως, Xen.; Sup. -ώτατα, Xen.