ὄφελον δυνήσῃ

ὄφελον (prob. not the first pers. 2 aor. of ὀφείλω [ὤφελον] without the augment [so most scholars, incl. Mlt. 201, n. 1; Mlt-H. 191], but a ptc., originally w. ἐστίν to be supplied [JWackernagel, Sprachl. Untersuchungen. zu Homer 1916, 199f; B-D-F §67, 2; so also L-S-J-M s.v. ὀφείλω, end], ὄφελον: OGI 315, 16 [164/163 B.C.]; Epict. 2, 18, 15 v.l. Sch.; 2, 22, 12 as a correction in ms. S; LXX; En 104:11) a fixed form, functioning as a particle to introduce unattainable wishes (B-D-F §359, 1; Rob. 1003f) an expression of a wish that someth. had taken place or would take place, o that, would that w. the impf. to express present time (Epict. 2, 22, 12; Dio Chrys. 21 [38], 47 vArnim [ed. Budé has ὤφελον]) Rv 3:15 (Schwyzer II 346); 2 Cor 11:1. καὶ ὄφελον ἐμιμοῦντο ISm 12:1. W. the opt. (Ps 118:5) Rv 3:15 v.l (Erasmian rdg.).—W. the aor. indic. to express past time (Epict. 2, 18, 15; Chariton 4, 4, 2; Achilles Tat. 2, 24, 3; 5, 15, 5; Ex 16:3; Num 14:2; 20:3) ὄφελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε indeed, I wish that you had become kings 1 Cor 4:8.—W. the fut. indic. (acc. to Lucian, Soloec. 1, end, ὄφελον … δυνήσῃ is a solecism) ὄφ. καὶ ἀποκόψονται Gal 5:12 (s. ἀποκόπτω a and B-D-F §384; Rob. 923).—DELG s.v. ὀφείλω. M-M.

ὀφείλ-ω, [tense] impf. ὤφειλον; [dialect] Ep. [full] ὀφέλλω (also [dialect] Aeol., IG12(2).67.7 (Mytil.), and Arc., ib.5(2).343.27 (Orchom. Arc., iv B. C.)), [tense] impf. ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον, v. infr. II. 2, 3 (the [dialect] Att. or [dialect] Ion. ὀφείλετ', ὄφειλον in Il.11.686, 688, 698, Hes.Op. 174 is prob. due to the Copyists): [tense] fut.

A

ὀφειλήσω X.Cyr.7.2.28

, D.30.7, also

ὀφειλέσω TAM2.431

, al.: [tense] aor. 1

ὠφείλησα Ar.Av. 115

, Th.8.5 ([etym.] ἐπ-): [tense] pf. ὠφείληκα: [tense] plpf.

- ήκειν D.45

. 33: [tense] aor. 2 ὤφελον (v. infr. 11.2, 3):—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. part.

ὀφειληθείς Th. 3.63

. (Cret. [full] ὀφήλω GDI5015.21, written [full] ὀπέλο Leg.Gort.10.20, al., Arc. [full] ὀφέλλω (v. supr.) and [full] ὀφήλω SIG306.40 (Tegea, iv B. C.): in early [dialect] Att. Inscrr. written both

ὀφελ

-IG

12.91.8

, al., and ὀφειλ- ib.109.9, al.):—owe, have to pay or account for,

τὸ καὶ μοιχάγρι' ὀφέλλει Od.8.332

; ὅτι μοι.. ζωάγρι' ὀφέλλεις ib. 462;

χρεῖος, τό ῥά οἱ πᾶς δῆμος ὄφελλεν 21.17

;

πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον Il.11.688

;

ζημίην ὀ. τῷ θεῷ Hdt.3.52

, etc.: metaph.,

μητέρα μοι ζώουσαν ὀφέλλετε Call.Fr. 126

; τί ὀφείλω; what do I owe? Ar.Nu.21; ὀ. ἀργύριον, χρέα, Id.Av. 115, Nu. 117;

ὀ. ἢ θεῷ θυσίας ἢ ἀνθρώπῳ χρήματα Pl.R. 331b

; ὀ. τινὶ δρᾶν τι ib. 332a: c. dat. only, ὀ. τινί to be debtor to another, Ar.Nu. 1135, Lys. 581, etc.;

τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀ. μηδενί Philem.163

: abs., to be in debt, Ar.Nu. 485, etc.; οἱ ὀφείλοντες debtors, Arist.EN 1167b21, Plu.2.832a:—[voice] Pass., to be due, ἔνθα χρεῖός μοι ὀφέλλεται (v.l. ὀφείλεται) Od.3.367;

χρεῖος ὀφείλετο Il.11.686

, 698;

ἢν.. ὀφείληταί τί μοι Ar.Nu. 484

;

μισθὸς τοῖς στρατιώταις ὠφείλετο X.An.1.2.11

, etc.; τὸ ὀφειλόμενον a debt, ib.7.7.34;

- όμενα ἀποδιδόντες Hdt.5.99

, cf. Simon. ap. Pl.R. 331e.

2 metaph.,

ὀ. μέλος τινί Pi.O.10(11).3

;

πολλὰ δώμασιν καλά E.HF 287

; ὀ. χάριν, v. χάρις 1.2;

Ἀπόλλωνι χαριστήρια X.Cyr.7.2.28

;

τὴν ψυχὴν πᾶσιν Ael.VH10.5

:—[voice] Pass.,

ὀφείλεταί τινι ἐκ θεῶν κλέος A.Fr. 315

;

ὀ. τινὶ εὐεργεσία Th.1.137

;

ἀντὶ χαρίτων ἔχθραι ὀ. X.Cyr.4.5.32

;

τοῖς μὲν ἐχθροῖς βλάβην ὀ., τοῖς δὲ φίλοις ὠφελίαν Pl. R. 335e

, cf. 332b; τοὐφειλόμενον πράσσουσα Δίκη what is due, A.Ch. 310.

3 as a legal term, to be bound to render,

εὐθύνας ὤφειλον And. 1.73

codd. (f.l. for ὦφλον): hence, like ὀφλισκάνω, incur a penalty,

ζημίαν Lys.9.10

;

διπλῆν τὴν βλάβην Id.1.32

, cf. E.Andr. 360;

τὴν τοιαύτην δίκην Pl.Lg. 909a

, cf. 774b, 774d, 844e, D.21.77;

ἁμαρτίαν ὀ. Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ IG3.74.15

(ii/iii A. D.).

4 in [voice] Pass., of persons, to be due or liable to,

θανάτῳ πάντες ὀφειλόμεθα Simon.122

, cf. LXX Wi.12.20, IG3.1381; but

τοιαύταις χερσὶν ὀφειλόμεθα

our help is due,

AP9.283

(Crin.).

II c. inf., to be bound, to be obliged to do, ὀφέλλετε ταῦτα πένεσθαι ye are bound, ye ought to.., Il.19.200, cf. Hdt.1.41,42, al., E.Alc. 682, 712, etc.; and of things, ought to be,

ὁ λόγος οὐκ ἀκριβῶς ὀ. λέγεσθαι Arist.EN 1104a2

:—[voice] Pass.,

δράσαντι γάρ τοι καὶ παθεῖν ὀφείλεται A.Fr. 456

; σοὶ τοῦτ' ὀφείλεται παθεῖν it is thy destiny to.., S.Ph. 1421, cf. El. 1173;

ὡς πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται E.Alc. 419

, cf. 782, Or. 1245, Lys.25.11; v. supr.1.4.

2 in this signf. [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf. ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον and [tense] aor. ὤφελον or ὄφελον are used of that which one has not, but ought to have, done ( ought being the pret. of owe),

ὤφελεν ἀθανάτοισιν εὔχεσθαι Il.23.546

;

νῦν ὄφελεν πονέεσθαι λισσόμενος 10.117

, cf. Od.4.472.

3 these tenses are also used, folld. by [tense] pres. or [tense] aor. inf., in wishes that something were or had been in present or past, ἀνδρὸς.. ὤφελλον ἀμείνονος εἶναι ἄκοιτις I ought to be.., would that I were.. ! Il.6.350; τὴν ὄφελ' ἐν νήεσσι κατακτάμεν Ἄρτεμις would that Artemis had slain her !, Il.19.59, cf. Od.4.97;

τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν Ὀλύμπιος ἐγγυαλίξαι Il.1.353

: freq. preceded by εἴθε ([dialect] Ep. αἴθε) , ὡς, ὡς δή, which express the wish still more strongly, αἴθ' ὄφελες ἄγονός τ' ἔμεναι ἄγαμός τ' ἀπολέσθαι O that thou hadst!, Il.3.40, cf. 1.415, etc.;

αἴθ' ὤφελλες.. σημαίνειν 14.84

;

αἴθ' ὤφελλ' ὁ ξεῖνος.. ὀλέσθαι Od.18.401

;

αἴθ' ἅμα πάντες.. ὠφέλετε.. ἐπὶ νηυσὶ πεφάσθαι Il.24.254

: with ὡς, ὡς ὄφελον.. ἑλέσθαι O that I had.. !, 11.380;

θανέειν Od.14.274

;

ὡς πρὶν ὤφελλον ὀλέσθαι Il.24.764

, cf. Od.14.68;

ὡς ὤφελες αὐτόθ' ὀλέσθαι Il.3.428

;

ὡς.. ὤφελες Od. 2.184

; ὡς ὄφελεν .. Il.3.173, etc.: strengthd., ὡς δὴ ἔγωγ' ὄφελον .. Od.1.217: also with neg., μὴ ὄφελες λίσσεσθαι .. would thou hadst never.. !, Il.9.698;

ἣ μὴ ὤφελλε γενέσθαι 17.686

;

τὼ μὴ γείνασθαι ὄφελλον Od.8.312

;

ὡς μὴ ὤφελλε τεκέσθαι Il.22.481

;

ὡς δὴ μὴ ὄφελον νικᾶν Od.11.548

.—So in Trag. and [dialect] Att., ὤφελον .. S.OT 1157; ὤφελες .. Ar.Th. 865; ὤφελε .. A.Pr.48, X.An.2.1.4, etc.: also, as in [dialect] Ep., εἴθ' ὤφελες .. S.El. 1021; εἴθ' ὤφελ' .. Ar.Nu.41, etc.; εἰ γὰρ ὤφελον .. Id.Ec. 380, Pl.R. 432c, Cri. 44d; ὡς ὤφελες .. Ar.Ra. 955: with neg.,

μήποτ' ὤφελον S.Ph. 969

, E.Alc. 880 (anap.), D.18.288; ὡς μήποτ' ὤφελον .. E. Ion 286;

ὡς μηδὲ νῦν ὤφελον D.21.78

: without augm. in Hdt., εἶδον.. τὸ μὴ ἰδεῖν ὄφελον (v.l. ὤ-) 1.111, cf. 3.65: sts. in Trag. (lyr. and anap.), εἴθ' ὄφελε .. A.Pers. 915; ὄφελε .. S.Aj. 1192; μήποτ' ὄφελον .. E.Med. 1413. (In this signf. ὤφειλον is used in late [dialect] Ep.,

ὡς μὴ ὤφειλες ἱκέσθαι Q.S.5.194

, but ὤφελλον shd. be read in Hes.Op. 174 and ὤφελε in E.IA 1291.)

b with ind.,

ὤφελε μηδ' ἐγένοντο θοαὶ νέες Call.Epigr.19.1

, cf. Q.S.10.378, etc.

c ὄφελον (Adv. acc. to A.D.Adv.142.9, EM643.48) in this signf.: c. acc. et inf.,

ὤμοι ἐγών, ὄφελόν με.. ὀλέσθαι Orph.A. 1159

: even with 2 pers. of Verb,

ὄφελον ἐβασιλεύσατε 1 Ep.Cor.4.8

, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.11.1, Ep.Gal.5.12, Apoc.3.15, LXX Jb.14.13, Ath.4.156a;

ὄφελον δυνήσῃ Luc.Sol.1

(as a solecism): with 3 pers., Arr.Epict.2.18.15, D.Chr.38.47: with 1 pers. pl.,

ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν LXX Ex.16.3

; ὤφελον (sic)

εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πέτασθαι PGiss.17.10

(ii A. D.): c. inf., ὄφελομ μὲν ἡ θεὸς.. στερῆσαι .. OGI315.16 (Pessinus, ii B. C.).

III impers. ὀφείλει, it behoves, c. acc. et inf., Pi.N.2.6; ὄφελλέ με μήτε.. εἰσοράαν κτλ. A.R.3.678: so pers. in part., abs., αἱ ὀφείλουσαι ἱερουργίαι τῶν θεῶν the due services of the gods, PTeb.294.24 (ii A. D.);

κατὰ τὸν ὀφείλοντα καιρόν Sor.1.79

. (ὦφλον, ὤφληκα, [tense] aor. and [tense] pf. of ὀφλισκάνω, were prob. orig. [tense] aor. and [tense] pf. of ὀφείλω: ὄφελον in signf. II. 3c may be orig. neut. part. of ὤφελε (signf. 111 ) with omission of ἐστί.)