ὠφέλ-εια, ἡ,
required by the metre (in iambics), [[5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 944, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 183 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; whereas ὠφελία is required in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 539 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 78 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 576 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: the best codices of [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus have ὠφελία more frequently than ὠφέλεια (although B always has ὠφέλεια in “Phdr.”), and ὠφελία] Refs 5th c.BC+] is found in [[ “IG” 12.69.24 (5th c.BC, Prose), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9, and frequently in 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus, as “Mus.” p.54 K., +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect ὠφελίη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98, +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.187 (1st c.AD: Alpheus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— help, aid, succour, especially in war, ἔπεμπον ἐς τὴν Ἐπίδαμνον.. τὴν ὠ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, compare 39; τὴν ὠ. παρέχειν τινί [prev. author] 3.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.31; ὠ. ἀνδρὶ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 78 (Lyric poetry); ὠ. προσλήψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; ἀπό τινων εὑρίσκεσθαι [prev. author] 1.31; τῆς ὠ. μεταλαμβάνειν [prev. author] 1.39; τυγχάνειν [prev. author] 6.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπάγεσθαί τινας ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ for aid, [[ [prev. author] 1.3, compare 5.38 ] Refs]; ἀποχρήσασθαι τῇ ἑκατέρου ἡμῶν ὠ. to make full use of the assistance or services we both can give, [[ [prev. author] 6.17; μετὰ τῶν κειμένων νόμων ὠφελίας [prev. author] 3.82, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 31 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἰατρικῆς δεῖται οὐδ᾽ ὠφελίας or any other aid, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217a, compare “R.” 559b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τοῖσιν ἑλκωθεῖσιν ὠφελίαν (ὠφέλειαν codices, unmetrically) ἔχει [[ “Comica Adespota” 106.8. ] Refs]