ὠφέλιμος: Difference between revisions

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