ὀφέλλω
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pʰél.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈpʰel.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈɸel.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈfel.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈfe.lo/
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
Etymology 2
[edit]Probably related to ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage”), ὀφείλω (opheílō, “owe”).
Verb
[edit]ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
- to increase, enlarge, elevate, strengthen
Inflection
[edit] Present: ὀφέλλω, ὀφέλλομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ὤφελλον | ὤφελλες | ὤφελλε(ν) | ὠφέλλετον | ὠφελλέτην | ὠφέλλομεν | ὠφέλλετε | ὤφελλον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ὠφελλόμην | ὠφέλλου | ὠφέλλετο | ὠφέλλεσθον | ὠφελλέσθην | ὠφελλόμεθᾰ | ὠφέλλεσθε | ὠφέλλοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bhelyō. Cognates include Old Armenian աւել (awel).
Verb
[edit]ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
- to heap up, bring together, sweep
References
[edit]- “ὀφέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀφέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὀφέλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀφέλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀφέλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὀφέλλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- LSJ 8th edition