4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ὄφελλεν:
ὀφέλλω (owe, have to pay): aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
ὀφέλλω (owe, have to pay): imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
LSJ entry
ὀφείλω
ὀφείλω
,
impf.
ὤφειλον
;
Ep.
ὀφέλλω
(also
Aeol.
,
IG
12(2).67.7
(Mytil.),
and
Arc.
,
ib.
5(2).343.27
(Orchom.
Arc.,
iv
B.
C.
)),
impf.
ὤφελλον
or
ὄφελλον
,
v.
infr.
II.
2, 3
(the
Att.
or
Ion.
ὀφείλετʼ,
ὄφειλον
in
Il. 11.686
,
688
,
698
,
Hes. Op. 174
is
prob.
due
to
the
Copyists):
fut.
ὀφειλήσω
X. Cyr. 7.2.28
,
D. 30.7
,
also
ὀφειλέσω
TAM
2.431,
al.:
aor.
1
ὠφείλησα
Ar. Av. 115
,
Th. 8.5
(
ἐπ-
):
pf.
ὠφείληκα
:
plpf.
-ήκειν
D.
45. 33:
aor.
2
ὤφελον
(v.
infr.
II.2,
3):—
Pass.
,
aor.
part.
ὀφειληθείς
Th. 3.63
.
(Cret.
ὀφήλω
GDI
5015.21,
written
ὀπέλο
Leg.Gort.
10.20,
al.,
Arc.
ὀφέλλω
(v.
supr.)
and
ὀφήλω
SIG
306.40
(Tegea,
iv
B.
C.
):
in
early
Att.
Inscrr.
written
both
ὀφελ
-IG
12.91.8,
al.,
and
ὀφειλ-
ib.109.9,
al.):—
A.
owe,
have
to
pay
or
account
for
,
τὸ
καὶ
μοιχάγριʼ
ὀφέλλει
Od. 8.332
;
ὅτι
μοι
.
.
ζωάγριʼ
ὀφέλλεις
ib.
462
;
χρεῖος,
τό
ῥά
οἱ
πᾶς
δῆμος
ὄφελλεν
21.17
;
πολέσιν
γὰρ
Ἐπειοὶ
χρεῖος
ὄφειλον
Il. 11.688
;
ζημίην
ὀ.
τῷ
θεῷ
Hdt. 3.52
,
etc.:
metaph.,
μητέρα
μοι
ζώουσαν
ὀφέλλετε
Call. Fr. 126
;
τί
ὀφείλω
;
what
do
I
owe?
Ar. Nu. 21
;
ὀ.
ἀργύριον,
χρέα
,
Id. Av. 115
,
Nu. 117
;
ὀ.
ἢ
θεῷ
θυσίας
ἢ
ἀνθρώπῳ
χρήματα
Pl. R. 331b
;
ὀ.
τινὶ
δρᾶν
τι
ib.
332a
:
c.
dat.
only,
ὀ.
τινί
to
be
debtor
to
another,
Ar. Nu. 1135
,
Lys. 581
,
etc.;
τρίτον
δὲ
χαίρειν,
εἶτʼ
ὀ.
μηδενί
Philem. 163
:
abs.,
to
be
in
debt
,
Ar. Nu. 485
,
etc.;
οἱ
ὀφείλοντες
debtors
,
Arist. EN 1167b21
,
Plu.
2.832a:—
Pass.
,
to
be
due
,
ἔνθα
χρεῖός
μοι
ὀφέλλεται
(v.l.
ὀφείλεται)
Od. 3.367
;
χρεῖος
ὀφείλετο
Il. 11.686
,
698
;
ἢν
.
.
ὀφείληταί
τί
μοι
Ar. Nu. 484
;
μισθὸς
τοῖς
στρατιώταις
ὠφείλετο
X. An. 1.2.11
,
etc.;
τὸ
ὀφειλόμενον
a
debt
,
ib.
7.7.34
;
-όμενα
ἀποδιδόντες
Hdt. 5.99
,
cf.
Simon.
ap.
Pl. R. 331e
.
2.
metaph.,
ὀ.
μέλος
τινί
Pi. O. 10(11).3
;
πολλὰ
δώμασιν
καλά
E. HF 287
;
ὀ.
χάριν
,
v.
χάρις
I.2;
Ἀπόλλωνι
χαριστήρια
X. Cyr. 7.2.28
;
τὴν
ψυχὴν
πᾶσιν
Ael. VH 10.5
:—
Pass.
,
ὀφείλεταί
τινι
ἐκ
θεῶν
κλέος
A. Fr. 315
;
ὀ.
τινὶ
εὐεργεσία
Th. 1.137
;
ἀντὶ
χαρίτων
ἔχθραι
ὀ.
X. Cyr. 4.5.32
;
τοῖς
μὲν
ἐχθροῖς
βλάβην
ὀ.,
τοῖς
δὲ
φίλοις
ὠφελίαν
Pl. R. 335e
,
cf.
332b
;
τοὐφειλόμενον
πράσσουσα
Δίκη
what
is
due
,
A. Ch. 310
.
3.
as
a
legal
term,
to
be
bound
to
render
,
εὐθύνας
ὤφειλον
And. 1.73
codd.
(f.l.
for
ὦφλον):
hence,
like
ὀφλισκάνω,
incur
a
penalty,
ζημίαν
Lys. 9.10
;
διπλῆν
τὴν
βλάβην
Id. 1.32
,
cf.
E. Andr. 360
;
τὴν
τοιαύτην
δίκην
Pl. Lg. 909a
,
cf.
774b
,
774d
,
844e
,
D. 21.77
;
ἁμαρτίαν
ὀ.
Μηνὶ
Τυράννῳ
IG
3.74.15
(ii/iii
A.
D.)
.
4.
in
Pass.
,
of
persons,
to
be
due
or
liable
to
,
θανάτῳ
πάντες
ὀφειλόμεθα
Simon. 122
,
cf.
LXX Wi. 12.20
,
IG
3.1381;
but
τοιαύταις
χερσὶν
ὀφειλόμεθα
our
help
is
due,
AP 9.283
(
Crin.
).
II.
c.
inf.
,
to
be
bound,
to
be
obliged
to
do,
ὀφέλλετε
ταῦτα
πένεσθαι
ye
are
bound,
ye
ought
to
. . ,
Il. 19.200
,
cf.
Hdt. 1.41
,
42
,
al.,
E. Alc. 682
,
712
,
etc.;
and
of
things,
ought
to
be,
ὁ
λόγος
οὐκ
ἀκριβῶς
ὀ.
λέγεσθαι
Arist. EN 1104a2
:—
Pass.
,
δράσαντι
γάρ
τοι
καὶ
παθεῖν
ὀφείλεται
A. Fr. 456
;
σοὶ
τοῦτʼ
ὀφείλεται
παθεῖν
it
is
thy
destiny
to
. . ,
S. Ph. 1421
,
cf.
El. 1173
;
ὡς
πᾶσιν
ἡμῖν
κατθανεῖν
ὀφείλεται
E. Alc. 419
,
cf.
782
,
Or. 1245
,
Lys. 25.11
;
v.
supr.
1.4
.
2.
in
this
signf.
Ep.
impf.
ὤφελλον
or
ὄφελλον
and
aor.
ὤφελον
or
ὄφελον
are
used
of
that
which
one
has
not,
but
ought
to
have
,
done
(
ought
being
the
pret.
of
owe
),
ὤφελεν
ἀθανάτοισιν
εὔχεσθαι
Il. 23.546
;
νῦν
ὄφελεν
πονέεσθαι
λισσόμενος
10.117
,
cf.
Od. 4.472
.
3.
these
tenses
are
also
used,
folld.
by
pres.
or
aor.
inf.
,
in
wishes
that
something
were
or
had
been
in
present
or
past,
ἀνδρὸς
.
.
ὤφελλον
ἀμείνονος
εἶναι
ἄκοιτις
I
ought
to
be
. . ,
would
that
I
were
. . !
Il. 6.350
;
τὴν
ὄφελʼ
ἐν
νήεσσι
κατακτάμεν
Ἄρτεμις
would
that
Artemis
had
slain
her
!,
Il. 19.59
,
cf.
Od. 4.97
;
τιμήν
πέρ
μοι
ὄφελλεν
Ὀλύμπιος
ἐγγυαλίξαι
Il. 1.353
:
freq.
preceded
by
εἴθε
(
Ep.
αἴθε
)
,
ὡς,
ὡς
δή
,
which
express
the
wish
still
more
strongly,
αἴθʼ
ὄφελες
ἄγονός
τʼ
ἔμεναι
ἄγαμός
τʼ
ἀπολέσθαι
O
that
thou
hadst!
,
Il. 3.40
,
cf.
1.415
,
etc.;
αἴθʼ
ὤφελλες
.
.
σημαίνειν
14.84
;
αἴθʼ
ὤφελλʼ
ὁ
ξεῖνος
.
.
ὀλέσθαι
Od. 18.401
;
αἴθʼ
ἅμα
πάντες
.
.
ὠφέλετε
.
.
ἐπὶ
νηυσὶ
πεφάσθαι
Il. 24.254
:
with
ὡς,
ὡς
ὄφελον
.
.
ἑλέσθαι
O
that
I
had
. . !
,
11.380
;
θανέειν
Od. 14.274
;
ὡς
πρὶν
ὤφελλον
ὀλέσθαι
Il. 24.764
,
cf.
Od. 14.68
;
ὡς
ὤφελες
αὐτόθʼ
ὀλέσθαι
Il. 3.428
;
ὡς
.
.
ὤφελες
Od. 2.184
;
ὡς
ὄφελεν
. .
Il. 3.173
,
etc.:
strengthd.,
ὡς
δὴ
ἔγωγʼ
ὄφελον
. .
Od. 1.217
:
also
with
neg.,
μὴ
ὄφελες
λίσσεσθαι
. .
would
thou
hadst
never
. . !,
Il. 9.698
;
ἣ
μὴ
ὤφελλε
γενέσθαι
17.686
;
τὼ
μὴ
γείνασθαι
ὄφελλον
Od. 8.312
;
ὡς
μὴ
ὤφελλε
τεκέσθαι
Il. 22.481
;
ὡς
δὴ
μὴ
ὄφελον
νικᾶν
Od. 11.548
.—So
in
Trag.
and
Att.
,
ὤφελον
. .
S. OT 1157
;
ὤφελες
. .
Ar. Th. 865
;
ὤφελε
. .
A. Pr. 48
,
X. An. 2.1.4
,
etc.:
also,
as
in
Ep.
,
εἴθʼ
ὤφελες
. .
S. El. 1021
;
εἴθʼ
ὤφελʼ
. .
Ar. Nu. 41
,
etc.;
εἰ
γὰρ
ὤφελον
. .
Id. Ec. 380
,
Pl. R. 432c
,
Cri. 44d
;
ὡς
ὤφελες
. .
Ar. Ra. 955
:
with
neg.,
μήποτʼ
ὤφελον
S. Ph. 969
,
E. Alc. 880
(anap.),
D. 18.288
;
ὡς
μήποτʼ
ὤφελον
. .
E. Ion 286
;
ὡς
μηδὲ
νῦν
ὤφελον
D. 21.78
:
without
augm.
in
Hdt.
,
εἶδον
.
.
τὸ
μὴ
ἰδεῖν
ὄφελον
(v.l.
ὤ-)
1.111
,
cf.
3.65
:
sts.
in
Trag.
(lyr.
and
anap.),
εἴθʼ
ὄφελε
. .
A. Pers. 915
;
ὄφελε
. .
S. Aj. 1192
;
μήποτʼ
ὄφελον
. .
E. Med. 1413
.
(In
this
signf.
ὤφειλον
is
used
in
late
Ep.
,
ὡς
μὴ
ὤφειλες
ἱκέσθαι
Q.S. 5.194
,
but
ὤφελλον
shd.
be
read
in
Hes. Op. 174
and
ὤφελε
in
E. IA 1291
.)
b.
with
ind.,
ὤφελε
μηδʼ
ἐγένοντο
θοαὶ
νέες
Call. Epigr. 19.1
,
cf.
Q.S. 10.378
,
etc.
c.
ὄφελον
(
Adv.
acc.
to
A.D. Adv. 142.9
,
EM 643.48
)
in
this
signf.:
c.
acc.
et
inf.
,
ὤμοι
ἐγών,
ὄφελόν
με
.
.
ὀλέσθαι
Orph. A. 1159
:
even
with
2
pers.
of
Verb,
ὄφελον
ἐβασιλεύσατε
1 Ep.Cor. 4.8
,
cf.
2 Ep.Cor. 11.1
,
Ep.Gal. 5.12
,
Apoc. 3.15
,
LXX Jb. 14.13
,
Ath. 4.156a
;
ὄφελον
δυνήσῃ
Luc. Sol. 1
(as
a
solecism):
with
3
pers.,
Arr. Epict. 2.18.15
,
D.Chr. 38.47
:
with
1
pers.
pl.,
ὄφελον
ἀπεθάνομεν
LXX Ex. 16.3
;
ὤφελον
(sic)
εἰ
ἐδυνάμεθα
πέτασθαι
PGiss. 17.10
(ii
A.
D.)
:
c.
inf.
,
ὄφελομ
μὲν
ἡ
θεὸς
.
.
στερῆσαι
. .
OGI
315.16
(Pessinus,
ii
B.
C.
).
III.
impers.
ὀφείλει
,
it
behoves
,
c.
acc.
et
inf.
,
Pi. N. 2.6
;
ὄφελλέ
με
μήτε
.
.
εἰσοράαν
κτλ
.
A.R. 3.678
:
so
pers.
in
part.
,
abs.,
αἱ
ὀφείλουσαι
ἱερουργίαι
τῶν
θεῶν
the
due
services
of
the
gods,
PTeb. 294.24
(ii
A.
D.)
;
κατὰ
τὸν
ὀφείλοντα
καιρόν
Sor. 1.79
. (
ὦφλον,
ὤφληκα
,
aor.
and
pf.
of
ὀφλισκάνω
,
were
prob.
orig.
aor.
and
pf.
of
ὀφείλω
:
ὄφελον
in
signf.
II.
3c
may
be
orig.
neut.
part.
of
ὤφελε
(signf.
III)
with
omission
of
ἐστί
.)