ὠφέλιμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὠφελέω (ōpheléō) + -ιμος (-imos); compare ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia) and ὀφείλω (opheílō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː.pʰé.li.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈpʰe.li.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈɸe.li.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈfe.li.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈfe.li.mos/
Adjective
ὠφέλῐμος • (ōphélimos) m or f (neuter ὠφέλῐμον); second declension or
ὠφέλῐμος • (ōphélimos) m (feminine ὠφελίμη, neuter ὠφέλῐμον); first/second declension
- helpful
- Antonym: βλαβερός (blaberós)
- profitable, beneficial
Declension
As a two-ending adjective:
Second declension of ὠφέλῐμος; ὠφέλῐμον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ὠφέλῐμος ōphélimos | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφέλῐμοι ōphélimoi | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | ||||||||
Genitive | ὠφελῐ́μου ōphelímou | ὠφελῐ́μου ōphelímou | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μων ōphelímōn | ὠφελῐ́μων ōphelímōn | ||||||||
Dative | ὠφελῐ́μῳ ōphelímōi | ὠφελῐ́μῳ ōphelímōi | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μοις ōphelímois | ὠφελῐ́μοις ōphelímois | ||||||||
Accusative | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μους ōphelímous | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | ||||||||
Vocative | ὠφέλῐμε ōphélime | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφέλῐμοι ōphélimoi | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὠφελῐ́μως ōphelímōs | ὠφελῐμώτερος ōphelimṓteros | ὠφελῐμώτᾰτος ōphelimṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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As a three-ending adjective:
First and second declension of ὠφέλῐμος; ὠφελῐ́μη; ὠφέλῐμον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὠφέλῐμος ōphélimos | ὠφελῐ́μη ōphelímē | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μᾱ ōphelímā | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφέλῐμοι ōphélimoi | ὠφέλῐμαι ōphélimai | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | |||||
Genitive | ὠφελῐ́μου ōphelímou | ὠφελῐ́μης ōphelímēs | ὠφελῐ́μου ōphelímou | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μαιν ōphelímain | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μων ōphelímōn | ὠφελῐ́μων ōphelímōn | ὠφελῐ́μων ōphelímōn | |||||
Dative | ὠφελῐ́μῳ ōphelímōi | ὠφελῐ́μῃ ōphelímēi | ὠφελῐ́μῳ ōphelímōi | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μαιν ōphelímain | ὠφελῐ́μοιν ōphelímoin | ὠφελῐ́μοις ōphelímois | ὠφελῐ́μαις ōphelímais | ὠφελῐ́μοις ōphelímois | |||||
Accusative | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μην ōphelímēn | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μᾱ ōphelímā | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μους ōphelímous | ὠφελῐ́μᾱς ōphelímās | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | |||||
Vocative | ὠφέλῐμε ōphélime | ὠφελῐ́μη ōphelímē | ὠφέλῐμον ōphélimon | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφελῐ́μᾱ ōphelímā | ὠφελῐ́μω ōphelímō | ὠφέλῐμοι ōphélimoi | ὠφέλῐμαι ōphélimai | ὠφέλῐμᾰ ōphélima | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὠφελῐ́μως ōphelímōs | ὠφελῐμώτερος ōphelimṓteros | ὠφελῐμώτᾰτος ōphelimṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ωφέλιμος (ofélimos)
Further reading
- ὠφέλιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ὠφέλιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G5624 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- advantageous idem, page 14.
- advisable idem, page 15.
- beneficial idem, page 74.
- expedient idem, page 293.
- good idem, page 366.
- helpful idem, page 396.
- profitable idem, page 653.
- serviceable idem, page 756.
- useful idem, page 940.