ὠφέλ-ῐμος, ον,
rarely η, ον, [[5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 174d (uncertain reading), “R.” 607d ] Refs]:— helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial, sometimes of persons, as [[ [prev. author] “Men.” 98c, “R.” 461b (_comparative_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but more frequently of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 138 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, 7.64, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔς τι for a purpose, [[ [prev. author] 3.68; πρὸς τὰς πολιτείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 607d; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.34; κρίνειν τι ὠ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὠ. as substantive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὑμῖν ὠ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place]: _comparative_ and _superlative_, -ώτερος, -ώτατος, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 461b, “Tht.” 179a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -μως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470a, “Chrm.” 163c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]