ὄφελμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀφέλλω (ophéllō, “increase”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.pʰel.ma/ → /ˈo.ɸel.ma/ → /ˈo.fel.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.pʰel.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pʰel.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɸel.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.fel.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.fel.ma/

Noun

ὄφελμᾰ • (óphelma) n (genitive ὀφέλμᾰτος); third declension

1. increase, advantage
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 926

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄφελμᾰ; τοῦ ὀφέλμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄφελμᾰ tò óphelma	τὼ ὀφέλμᾰτε tṑ ophélmate	τᾰ̀ ὀφέλμᾰτᾰ tà ophélmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφέλμᾰτος toû ophélmatos	τοῖν ὀφελμᾰ́τοιν toîn ophelmátoin	τῶν ὀφελμᾰ́των tôn ophelmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀφέλμᾰτῐ tôi ophélmati	τοῖν ὀφελμᾰ́τοιν toîn ophelmátoin	τοῖς ὀφέλμᾰσῐ / ὀφέλμᾰσῐν toîs ophélmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄφελμᾰ tò óphelma	τὼ ὀφέλμᾰτε tṑ ophélmate	τᾰ̀ ὀφέλμᾰτᾰ tà ophélmata
Vocative	ὄφελμᾰ óphelma	ὀφέλμᾰτε ophélmate	ὀφέλμᾰτᾰ ophélmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὄφελμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄφελμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄφελμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften