ἀνωφελής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage, help”) + -ης (-ēs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.nɔː.pʰe.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.no.pʰeˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.no.ɸeˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.no.feˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.no.feˈlis/
Adjective
ἀνωφελής • (anōphelḗs) m or f (neuter ἀνωφελές); third declension
- unprofitable, useless.
- hurtful, prejudicial.
Inflection
Third declension of ἀνωφελής; ἀνωφελές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: Anopheles
Further reading
- “ἀνωφελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press