ὠφέλιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὠφελέω (ōpheléō) +‎ -ιμος (-imos); compare ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia) and ὀφείλω (opheílō).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

1. helpful

   Antonym: βλαβερός (blaberós)

2. profitable, beneficial

Declension

As a two-ending adjective:

Second declension of ὠφέλῐμος; ὠφέλῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a three-ending adjective:

First and second declension of ὠφέλῐμος; ὠφελῐ́μη; ὠφέλῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], 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.