ὀφέλλω
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (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/
Verb
ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
- Epic spelling of ὀφείλω (opheílō)
Etymology 2
Probably related to ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage”), ὀφείλω (opheílō, “owe”).
Verb
ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
- to increase, enlarge, elevate, strengthen
- Homer, Iliad 15.383
Inflection
Present: ὀφέλλω, ὀφέλλομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ὀφέλλω | ὀφέλλεις | ὀφέλλει | ὀφέλλετον | ὀφέλλετον | ὀφέλλομεν | ὀφέλλετε | ὀφέλλουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ὀφέλλω | ὀφέλλῃς | ὀφέλλῃ | ὀφέλλητον | ὀφέλλητον | ὀφέλλωμεν | ὀφέλλητε | ὀφέλλωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ὀφέλλοιμῐ | ὀφέλλοις | ὀφέλλοι | ὀφέλλοιτον | ὀφελλοίτην | ὀφέλλοιμεν | ὀφέλλοιτε | ὀφέλλοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ὄφελλε | ὀφελλέτω | ὀφέλλετον | ὀφελλέτων | ὀφέλλετε | ὀφελλόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | ὀφέλλομαι | ὀφέλλῃ, ὀφέλλει | ὀφέλλεται | ὀφέλλεσθον | ὀφέλλεσθον | ὀφελλόμεθᾰ | ὀφέλλεσθε | ὀφέλλονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ὀφέλλωμαι | ὀφέλλῃ | ὀφέλληται | ὀφέλλησθον | ὀφέλλησθον | ὀφελλώμεθᾰ | ὀφέλλησθε | ὀφέλλωνται | |||||
| optative | ὀφελλοίμην | ὀφέλλοιο | ὀφέλλοιτο | ὀφέλλοισθον | ὀφελλοίσθην | ὀφελλοίμεθᾰ | ὀφέλλοισθε | ὀφέλλοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ὀφέλλου | ὀφελλέσθω | ὀφέλλεσθον | ὀφελλέσθων | ὀφέλλεσθε | ὀφελλέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ὀφέλλειν | ὀφέλλεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ὀφέλλων | ὀφελλόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ὀφέλλουσᾰ | ὀφελλομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ὀφέλλον | ὀφελλόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ὤφελλον, ὠφελλόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||||||||
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *bhelyō. Cognates include Old Armenian աւել (awel).
Verb
ὀφέλλω • (ophéllō)
- to heap up, bring together, sweep
- Hipponax, Collected Works 42
References
- “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