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|Definition=τό, ([[ὀφέλλω]] B) only in nom. and acc. sg.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[furtherance]], [[advantage]], [[help]], <b class="b3">αἴ κ' ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα</b> in case we can be of any [[use]], Il. 13.236; <b class="b3">ὅς τοι πόλλ' ὄφελος γένετο</b> who was a [[help]] to thee in many [[matter]]s, 17.152; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν σοί γ' ὄφελος</b> not as any [[good]] to thee, 22.513; ὄφελός τί μοι ἔσσῃ ''h.Merc.''34; τί δ' ἔστ' ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ; Thgn.102; λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄφελος ἢ 'π' ἐμοὶ τόδε; S.''Ph.''1384; <b class="b3">τί δῆτ' ἂν εἴης ὄφελος ἡμῖν</b>;[[what]] [[good]] [[could]] you be to us? Ar.''Pl.''1152, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 505a, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ μέγα ὄφελος τῆς πόλεως</b>, Lat. [[columen]] [[rerum]], [[ironical]] in Aeschin.2.24 (quoted from D.): c. inf., τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι.. σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι; [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 504e, cf. 513e; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι; Philem.104.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι A.''Supp.''737 (lyr.); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν Hdt.8.68.γ; οἷσι.. οὐδὲν ὄφελος ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης Hp.''Vict.''3.69; τί τῆς [[εὐμορφία]]ς ὄφελος; E.''Fr.''548; <b class="b3">ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄφελος</b> And.4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄφελος ᾖ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄφελος ἐστιν Id.''Ap.''28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄφελος ἥτις μὴ τέμνει D.25.46; τί δ' ὄφελος εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ; Men.821.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ' ὄφελος ἐν τῇ πόλει</b> all that is [[best]], all the best people, Ar.''Ec.''53, cf. Luc.''Herod.''8: c. gen., <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ ὄφελος τοῦ στρατεύματος</b> the [[serviceable]] [[part]] (or perhaps the [[flower]]) of the [[army]], X.''HG''5.3.6, cf. Theoc.13.18; <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄφελος</b> the [[flower]] ([[acme]]) of [[gluttony]], Luc.''Tim.''55.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. objecti, [[help]] [[against]] a thing, Nic. ''Th.''518.