ὠφέλ-ιμος

ὠφέλ-ῐμος, ον, rarely η, ον, Pl.Chrm. 174d (dub. l.), R. 607d:—

A helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial, sts. of persons, as Id.Men. 98c, R. 461b ([comp] Comp.), X.Mem.2.7.9: but more freq. of things, Th.2.46, etc.; τινι to one, E. Ion 138 (lyr.), Th.4.44, 7.64, etc.; ἔς τι for a purpose, Id.3.68;

πρὸς τὰς πολιτείας Pl.R. 607d

;

ὑπέρ τινος X. Cyr.6.2.34

;

κρίνειν τι ὠ. Th.1.22

; τὸ ὠ. as Subst., Pl.R. 457d; τὸ ὑμῖν

ὠ. Th.1.76

, cf. E. l. c.: [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup., -ώτερος, -ώτατος, Th.1.93, Pl.R. 461b, Tht. 179a. Adv.

- μως X.Mem.4.4.1

, Pl.Grg. 470a, Chrm. 163c: [comp] Sup.

- ώτατα X.Eq.6.1

.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to increase, to enlarge, to augment, to advance' (ep., Pi., A., Theoc.).

Other forms: Aor. opt. ὀφέλλειεν (Π 651, β 334), beside which the ambivalent ὀφέλλωσιν (Α 510), ὄφελλε(ν) (Β 420, Theoc. 25, 120), ὤφελλε (π 174).

Dialectal forms: Myc. noperea₂ \/nōpheleaha\/ `useless' \< *n̥-h₃bheles-.

Compounds: Also w. ἐξ- (ο 18).

Derivatives: ὄφελ-μα n. (S. Fr. 1079), - μός m. (inscr. Lydia) `augmentation, advantage', - σιμος `advantageous, useful' (Call., Orph., Opp.; after χρή-, ὀνή-σιμος, Arbenz 37); also ὀφέλλιμος `id.' (Max.) with dir. connection to ὀφέλλω. -- Besides ὄφελος n. `augmentation, use, advantage, gain' (Il.); very often as 2. member w. comp. length. e.g. ἀν-ωφελής `useless' (IA.); second. simplex ὀφελής (pap. II<sup>p</sup>); Οφελέσ-της m. PN (Il.); cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 211 ( Illyr. combination in Mayer Spr. d. alten Illyr. 1, 248; 2, 23, to be rejected); Όφέλ-ανδρος m. (VI<sup>a</sup>) after Άλέξ-ανδρος?, Sommer Nominalkomp. 198 A. 1. Denomin. (with ὠ- from the compp.) ὠφελ-έω `to be of use, to help, to support' (IA.) with - ίη, - ία, second. - εια f. `use, help' (IA), - ημα n. (trag.), - ησις f. (S.) `benefit, use', - ήσιμος `useful' (S., Ar.); much more usual ὠφέλ-ιμος `id.' (Att.), prob. from ὠφελ-έω, - ία (Arbenz 36f.). More in Leumann Hom. Wörter 120 ff. with attempt, to explain the lengthening of the initial. -- Diff. on ὠφελέω (iter.-intens. to ὀφέλλω) Schwyzer 720.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [772] * h₃bʰel- `increase, augment'

Etymology: To the primary yot-present ὀφέλλω \< *ὀφελ-ι̯ω, beside which with Aeol. development of the σ-aor. ὀφέλλειεν (\< *ὀφελ-σ-), belongs as verbal noun the widespread and old ὄφελος, which can be identified directly with Arm. * awel in awel-i `more' and the denom. y-awel-um `add, augment', in aṙ-awel `more' and aṙ-awel-um `augment': dron IE * obhel- (Pedersen KZ 39, 336). -- To be rejected Brugmann IF 29, 410ff. (w. lit.): to Skt. phála-m n. `fruit' (s. Mayrhofer s.v.); on furher wrong combinations WP. 2, 102f., W.-Hofmann s. polleō w. lit.

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