ὠφέλιμος
ophelimos
helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial
Appears 65 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 18 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Book IV 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35
Book V 3 ▸
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16
Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30
Book VI 2 ▸
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33
Book VIII 8 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28
Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1167a22–1167b16
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Rhetoric 13 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38
Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30
Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Book III 5 ▸
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39
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Topics 9 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 7 ▸
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Politics 7 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38
Book VI 1 ▸
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
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Sophistical Refutations 3 ▸
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Metaphysics 2 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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Generation of Animals 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Parts of Animals 1 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ὠφέλιμος, ον, rarely η, ον, Pl. Chrm. 174d (dub. l.), R. 607d:— A. helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial, sts. of persons, as Id. Men. 98c, R. 461b (Comp.), X. Mem. 2.7.9: but more freq. of things, Th. 2.46, etc.; τινι to one, E. Ion 138 (lyr.), Th. 4.44, 7.64, etc.; ἔς τι for a purpose, Id. 3.68; πρὸς τὰς πολιτείας Pl. R. 607d; ὑπέρ τινος X. Cyr. 6.2.34; κρίνειν τι ὠ. Th. 1.22; τὸ ὠ. as Subst., Pl. R. 457d; τὸ ὑμῖν ὠ. Th. 1.76, cf. E. l. c.: Comp. and Sup., -ώτερος, -ώτατος, Th. 1.93, Pl. R. 461b, Tht. 179a. Adv. -μως X. Mem. 4.4.1, Pl. Grg. 470a, Chrm. 163c: Sup. -ώτατα X. Eq. 6.1.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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