Ὠφέλιμον πρᾶγμα

useful affair, useful matter

Translated by David Whitehead11 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 34 words

[Note] that [it is called] such, so that it is reasonably chosen with a view to amplification and addition.¹
For o)fe/llw [means] I amplify/increase.²
Xenophon [writes]: "since they said nothing useful, they were slaughtered.".³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὠφέλιμον πρᾶγμα· ὅτι τοιοῦτον, ὥστε εὐλόγως αὐτὸ αἱρεῖσθαι πρὸς αὔξησιν καὶ προσθήκην. Ὀφέλλω γὰρ τὸ αὐξάνω. Ξενοφῶν· ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐδὲν ὠφέλιμον ἔλεγον, κατεσφάγησαν.

Betacode

*)wfe/limon pra=gma: o(/ti toiou=ton, w(/ste eu)lo/gws au)to\ ai(rei=sqai pro\s au)/chsin kai\ prosqh/khn. *)ofe/llw ga\r to\ au)ca/nw. *cenofw=n: e)pei\ de\ ou)de\n w)fe/limon e)/legon, katesfa/ghsan.

Notes (3)

1cf. generally epsilon 2307 -- and specifically Diogenes Laertius 7.99, the source of this material. See Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXIV. ↩
2cf. omicron 996. ↩
3An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.23 (which has singulars for the present plurals: see web address 1). ↩

External resources

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ω271Ὠφελιμώτεροςmore useful, rather useful[no gloss]

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ω268Ὤφελενought ω269Ὠφελείαςprofits ω270Ὠφέλιμον πρᾶγμαuseful affair, useful matter ω271Ὠφελιμώτεροςmore useful, rather useful ω272ὨφελίωνOphelion, Ophelio

Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Nov 2013

4 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2011upgraded link — Catharine Roth
10 Oct 2011expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
12 Sep 2005tweaked tr — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2005added link, set status — Catharine Roth
11 Sep 2005Translated — David Whitehead

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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