A.furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, Il. 13.236; ὅς τοι πόλλ᾽ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, 17.152; οὐδὲν σοί γ᾽ ὄ. not as any good to thee, 22.513; “ὄ. τί μοι ἔσσῃ” h.Merc.34; “τί δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ” ; Thgn.102; “λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄ. ἢ 'π᾽ ἐμοὶ τόδε” ; S.Ph.1384; τί δῆτ᾽ ἂν εἴης ὄ. ἡμῖν; what good could you be to us? Ar.Pl.1152, cf. Pl.R.505a, etc.; τὸ μέγα ὄ. τῆς πόλεως, Lat. columen rerum, ironical in Aeschin.2.24 (quoted from D.): c. inf., “τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι . . σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι” ; Pl.Grg.504e, cf. 513e; “τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι” ; Philem.104.
2. c. gen., “φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι” A.Supp.737 (lyr.); “τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν” Hdt.8.68.“γ́; οἷσι . . οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης” Hp.Vict.3.69; “τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.” ; E.Fr.548; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. And.4.17; “ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ” Pl.R.530c; “ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν” Id.Ap.28b; “γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος” X.Cyr.1.6.18; “μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει” D.25.46; “τί δ᾽ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ” ; Men.821.
3. ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, Ar.Ec.53, cf. Luc.Herod.8: c. gen., ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος the serviceable part (or perh. the flower) of the army, X.HG5.3.6, cf. Theoc.13.18; ὅ τι περ . . ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, Luc.Tim.55.
4. c. gen. objecti, help against a thing, Nic. Th.518.
