ὄφελος
ophelos
furtherance, advantage, help
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄφελος, τό, (ὀφέλλω B) only in nom. and acc. sg.,
‹ All lexicon entries furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κʼ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, Il. 13.236; ὅς τοι πόλλʼ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, 17.152; οὐδὲν σοί γʼ ὄ. not as any good to thee, 22.513; ὄ. τί μοι ἔσσῃ h.Merc. 34; τί δʼ ἔστʼ ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ ; 102; λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄ. ἢ ʼπʼ ἐμοὶ τόδε ; Ph. 1384; τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴης ὄ. ἡμῖν; what good could you be to us? Pl. 1152, cf. R. 505a, etc.; τὸ μέγα ὄ. τῆς πόλεως, Lat. columen rerum, ironical in 2.24 (quoted from ): c. inf., τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι . . σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι ; Grg. 504e, cf. 513e; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή ʼστι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ; 104.
2. c. gen., φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι Supp. 737 (lyr.); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν 8.68.γʹ; οἷσι . . οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης Vict. 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ. ; Fr. 548; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ R. 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν Ap. 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος Cyr. 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει 25.46; τί δʼ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ ; 821.
3. ὅ τι πέρ ἐστʼ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, Ec. 53, cf. Herod. 8: c. gen., ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος the serviceable part (or perh. the flower) of the army, HG 5.3.6, cf. 13.18; ὅ τι περ . . ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, Tim. 55.
4. c. gen. objecti, help against a thing, Th. 518.