ὄφελος, τό,
(ὀφέλλω B) only in nominative and accusative singular, furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅς τοι πόλλ᾽ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, [[ 17.152 ] Refs]; οὐδὲν σοί γ᾽ ὄ. not as any good to thee,; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504e, compare 513e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ; [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 104. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive, φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 737 (Lyric poetry); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68. ; οἷσι.. οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 548 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν [prev. author] “Ap.” 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.46; τί δ᾽ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρον; 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 821. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herod.” 8: with _genitive_, ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος] Refs 5th c.BC+] the serviceable part (or perhaps the flower) of the army, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.6, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 55. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]