ἀνωφελής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-, “not”) +‎ ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage, help”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔː.pʰe.lɛ̌ːs/ → /a.no.ɸeˈlis/ → /a.no.feˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nɔː.pʰe.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.no.pʰeˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.no.ɸeˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.no.feˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.no.feˈlis/

Adjective

ἀνωφελής • (anōphelḗs) m or f (neuter ἀνωφελές); third declension

1. unprofitable, useless.
2. hurtful, prejudicial.

Inflection

Third declension of ἀνωφελής; ἀνωφελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνωφελής anōphelḗs	ἀνωφελές anōphelés		ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî	ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî		ἀνωφελεῖς anōpheleîs	ἀνωφελῆ anōphelê
Genitive		ἀνωφελοῦς anōpheloûs	ἀνωφελοῦς anōpheloûs		ἀνωφελοῖν anōpheloîn	ἀνωφελοῖν anōpheloîn		ἀνωφελῶν anōphelôn	ἀνωφελῶν anōphelôn
Dative		ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî	ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî		ἀνωφελοῖν anōpheloîn	ἀνωφελοῖν anōpheloîn		ἀνωφελέσῐ / ἀνωφελέσῐν anōphelési(n)	ἀνωφελέσῐ / ἀνωφελέσῐν anōphelési(n)
Accusative		ἀνωφελῆ anōphelê	ἀνωφελές anōphelés		ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî	ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî		ἀνωφελεῖς anōpheleîs	ἀνωφελῆ anōphelê
Vocative		ἀνωφελές anōphelés	ἀνωφελές anōphelés		ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî	ἀνωφελεῖ anōpheleî		ἀνωφελεῖς anōpheleîs	ἀνωφελῆ anōphelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνωφελῶς anōphelôs			ἀνωφελέστερος anōphelésteros			ἀνωφελέστᾰτος anōpheléstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Anopheles

Further reading

• “ἀνωφελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press