ὠφέλεια

See also: ωφέλεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὠφελῐ́ᾱ (ōphelĭ́ā)
• ὠφελῐ́η (ōphelĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-, cognate with Old Armenian աւելի (aweli) Cf. ὀφείλω (opheílō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.pʰé.leː.a/ → /oˈɸe.li.a/ → /oˈfe.li.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.pʰé.leː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈpʰe.li.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈɸe.li.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈfe.li.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈfe.li.a/

Noun

ὠφέλειᾰ • (ōphéleiă) f (genitive ὠφελείᾱς); first declension

1. help, aid, succour (especially in war)
2. profit, advantage, benefit
   1. source of gain or profit, service
   2. (and especially) gain made in war, spoil, booty

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὠφέλειᾰ; τῆς ὠφελείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὠφέλειᾰ hē ōphéleiă	τὼ ὠφελείᾱ tṑ ōpheleíā	αἱ ὠφέλειαι hai ōphéleiai
Genitive	τῆς ὠφελείᾱς tês ōpheleíās	τοῖν ὠφελείαιν toîn ōpheleíain	τῶν ὠφελειῶν tôn ōpheleiôn
Dative	τῇ ὠφελείᾳ têi ōpheleíāi	τοῖν ὠφελείαιν toîn ōpheleíain	ταῖς ὠφελείαις taîs ōpheleíais
Accusative	τὴν ὠφέλειᾰν tḕn ōphéleiăn	τὼ ὠφελείᾱ tṑ ōpheleíā	τᾱ̀ς ὠφελείᾱς tā̀s ōpheleíās
Vocative	ὠφέλειᾰ ōphéleiă	ὠφελείᾱ ōpheleíā	ὠφέλειαι ōphéleiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ὄφελος (óphelos)
• ὠφέλιμος (ōphélimos)

Descendants

• English: noophelia
• English: anopheles
• Greek: ωφέλεια (oféleia)
• Italian: Ofelia
  • English: Ophelia
  • French: Ophélie

References

• “ὠφέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὠφέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὠφέλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5622 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advantage idem, page 14.
  • aid idem, page 20.
  • assistance idem, page 46.
  • benefit idem, page 74.
  • boon idem, page 89.
  • co-operation idem, page 140.
  • expediency idem, page 293.
  • gain idem, page 352.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • help idem, page 395.
  • helpfulness idem, page 396.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • profit idem, page 653.
  • service idem, page 755.