ὠφελέω
Etym. ὄφελος
I. "to help, aid, assist, succour, to be of use or service to" any one:
1. absol. "to be of use or service", τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα Aesch.; οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ Thuc.
2. mostly c. acc. pers., like Lat. juvare, to be of service to, to benefit, Hdt., Aesch., etc.; ὠφ. τινα ἔς τι "to be of use" to one "towards" a thing, Thuc.
3. more rarely c. dat. pers., like Lat. prodesse, Trag., Antipho.
4. once c. gen., οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ᾽ ἐφαίνετ᾽ ὠφελῶν no one appeared to help "towards" this desire, Soph.
5. c. acc. cogn., ὠφέλειαν ὠφ. τινα "to render" him a "service", Plat.; so with a neut. adj., οὐδέν τινα ὠφ. "to do" one no "service", Hdt. (v. supr. 1); πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠφ. Eur., etc.