ὠφέλεια

See also: ωφέλεια, ὠφελείᾳ, and ὠφελεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-, cognate with Old Armenian աւելի (aweli) [1][2][3] Cf. ὀφείλω (opheílō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὠφέλειᾰ • (ōphéleiă) f (genitive ὠφελείᾱς); first declension

  1. help, aid, succour (especially in war)
  2. profit, advantage, benefit
    1. source of gain or profit, service
    2. (and especially) gain made in war, spoil, booty

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὠφέλειᾰ; τῆς ὠφελείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὠφέλειᾰ
hē ōphéleiă 		τὼ ὠφελείᾱ
tṑ ōpheleíā 		αἱ ὠφέλειαι
hai ōphéleiai
Genitive τῆς ὠφελείᾱς
tês ōpheleíās 		τοῖν ὠφελείαιν
toîn ōpheleíain 		τῶν ὠφελειῶν
tôn ōpheleiôn
Dative τῇ ὠφελείᾳ
tēî ōpheleíāi 		τοῖν ὠφελείαιν
toîn ōpheleíain 		ταῖς ὠφελείαις
taîs ōpheleíais
Accusative τὴν ὠφέλειᾰν
tḕn ōphéleiăn 		τὼ ὠφελείᾱ
tṑ ōpheleíā 		τᾱ̀ς ὠφελείᾱς
tā̀s ōpheleíās
Vocative ὠφέλειᾰ
ōphéleiă 		ὠφελείᾱ
ōpheleíā 		ὠφέλειαι
ōphéleiai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: noophelia
  • English: anopheles
  • Greek: ωφέλεια (oféleia)
  • Italian: Ofelia

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ὠφέλεια”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎[1], Zagreb, page 11
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