ὄφελος
ophelos
furtherance, advantage, help
Appears 33 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄφελος, τό, (ὀφέλλω B) only in nom. and acc. sg., A. 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.
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