ὀφείλω, ὀφέλλω , ipf.
ὄφειλον, ὤφελλον, ὄφελλον, aor. 2
ὄφελον, ὤφελες, pass. ὀφείλεται, ipf. ὀφείλετο: owe, ought;
χρεῖος ὄφειλον, ‘they were
owing’ a debt; pass. χρεῖος
ὀφείλεταί μοι, ‘is due’ me, Il. 11.688, 686, Od. 3.367; then of
obligation (ipf. and aor. 2), τι_μήν πέρ μοι
ὄφελλεν Ὀλύμπιος ἐγγυαλίξαι, honor at all events
‘he ought to have bestowed’ upon me, Il. 1.353; hence the use in
wishes impossible of realization (past or present), explained in the
grammars, αἴθ᾽ ὄφελες παρὰ νηυσὶν
ἀδάκρυ_τος καὶ ἀπήμων | ἧσθαι, ‘would that thou wert sitting,
etc.,’ Il.
1.415.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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