ὀφέλλω(also Aeol. , IG 12(2).67.7 (Mytil.), and Arc. , ib. 5(2).343.27 (Orchom. Arc. ,iv B. C.)),impf. ὤφελλονorὄφελλον,v.infr. II. 2 , 3 (the Att. or Ion.
ὀφείλετ', ὄφειλονin Il. 11.686 , 688 , 698 , Hes. Op. 174 is prob. due to the Copyists):fut.
4. in Pass. , of persons,to be dueorliable to, θανάτῳ πάντες ὀφειλόμεθα
Simon. 122
, cf. LXX Wi. 12.20 , IG 3.1381 ; but τοιαύταις χερσὶν ὀφειλόμεθα our help is due,
AP 9.283
( Crin. ).
II. c.inf.,to be bound, to be obligedto do,ὀφέλλετε ταῦτα πένεσθαι ye are bound, ye ought to. . , Il. 19.200 , cf. Hdt. 1.41 , 42 , al., E. Alc. 682 , 712 , etc.; and of things,oughtto be, ὁ λόγος οὐκ ἀκριβῶς ὀ. λέγεσθαι
Arist. EN 1104a2
:— Pass. , δράσαντι γάρ τοι καὶ παθεῖν ὀφείλεται
A. Fr. 456
;σοὶ τοῦτ' ὀφείλεται παθεῖν it isthydestinyto . . , S. Ph. 1421 , cf. El. 1173 ; ὡς πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται
E. Alc. 419
, cf. 782 , Or. 1245 , Lys. 25.11 ;v.supr. 1.4 .
2. in this signf. Ep.
impf. ὤφελλονorὄφελλονandaor. ὤφελονorὄφελονare used of that which one has not, butought to have, done (oughtbeing the pret. ofowe), ὤφελεν ἀθανάτοισιν εὔχεσθαι
Il. 23.546
; νῦν ὄφελεν πονέεσθαι λισσόμενος
10.117
, cf. Od. 4.472 .
3. these tenses are also used, folld. bypres.oraor. inf., in wishes that something were or had been in present or past,ἀνδρὸς . . ὤφελλον ἀμείνονος εἶναι ἄκοιτιςIought tobe . . ,would thatI were . . ! Il. 6.350 ;τὴν ὄφελ' ἐν νήεσσι κατακτάμεν Ἄρτεμις would thatArtemis had slain her !, Il. 19.59 , cf. Od. 4.97 ; τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν Ὀλύμπιος ἐγγυαλίξαι
Il. 1.353
: freq. preceded byεἴθε( Ep.
αἴθε), ὡς, ὡς δή, which express the wish still more strongly,αἴθ' ὄφελες ἄγονός τ' ἔμεναι ἄγαμός τ' ἀπολέσθαι O that thou hadst!, Il. 3.40 , cf. 1.415 , etc.; αἴθ' ὤφελλες . . σημαίνειν
.—So in Trag. and Att. ,ὤφελον. . S. OT 1157 ;ὤφελες. . Ar. Th. 865 ;ὤφελε. . A. Pr. 48 , X. An. 2.1.4 , etc.: also, as in Ep. ,εἴθ' ὤφελες. . S. El. 1021 ;εἴθ' ὤφελ'. . Ar. Nu. 41 , etc.;εἰ γὰρ ὤφελον. . Id. Ec. 380 , Pl. R. 432c , Cri. 44d ;ὡς ὤφελες. . Ar. Ra. 955 : with neg., μήποτ' ὤφελον
S. Ph. 969
, E. Alc. 880 (anap.), D. 18.288 ;ὡς μήποτ' ὤφελον. . E. Ion 286 ; ὡς μηδὲ νῦν ὤφελον
D. 21.78
: without augm. in Hdt. ,εἶδον . . τὸ μὴ ἰδεῖν ὄφελον( v.l. ὤ- ) 1.111 , cf. 3.65 : sts. in Trag. (lyr. and anap.),εἴθ' ὄφελε. . A. Pers. 915 ;ὄφελε. . S. Aj. 1192 ;μήποτ' ὄφελον. . E. Med. 1413 . (In this signf.ὤφειλονis used in late Ep. , ὡς μὴ ὤφειλες ἱκέσθαι
Q.S. 5.194
, butὤφελλονshd. be read in Hes. Op. 174 andὤφελεin E. IA 1291 .)
b. with ind., ὤφελε μηδ' ἐγένοντο θοαὶ νέες
Call. Epigr. 19.1
, cf. Q.S. 10.378 , etc.
c. ὄφελον(Adv.acc. to A.D. Adv. 142.9 , EM 643.48 ) in this signf.: c. acc. etinf., ὤμοι ἐγών, ὄφελόν με . . ὀλέσθαι
(as a solecism): with 3 pers., Arr. Epict. 2.18.15 , D.Chr. 38.47 : with 1 pers. pl., ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν
LXX Ex. 16.3
;ὤφελον(sic) εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πέτασθαι
PGiss. 17.10
(ii A. D.): c.inf.,ὄφελομ μὲν ἡ θεὸς . . στερῆσαι. . OGI 315.16 (Pessinus,ii B. C.).
III. impers.ὀφείλει,it behoves, c. acc. etinf., Pi. N. 2.6 ;ὄφελλέ με μήτε . . εἰσοράαν κτλ. A.R. 3.678 : so pers. inpart., abs.,αἱ ὀφείλουσαι ἱερουργίαι τῶν θεῶνthedueservices of the gods, PTeb. 294.24
(ii A. D.); κατὰ τὸν ὀφείλοντα καιρόν
Sor. 1.79
. (ὦφλον, ὤφληκα,aor.andpf.ofὀφλισκάνω, were prob. orig.aor.andpf.ofὀφείλω:ὄφελονin signf. II. 3c may be orig. neut.part.ofὤφελε(signf. 111 ) with omission ofἐστί.)