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όφελος
benefit /ˈofelos/
nounC1#3522 most common
Also: use, avail, gain
Example sentences
Δεν έχει όφελος.
There's no use.
Τι το όφελος να κλαις τώρα;
What's the use of crying now?
Η άσκηση έχει πολλά οφέλη για την υγεία.
Exercise has many benefits for health.
Δεν βλέπω κανένα όφελος σε αυτή τη συμφωνία.
I see no benefit in this agreement.
Παρά τα προφανή οφέλη της μεταρρύθμισης, πολλοί πολίτες παρέμειναν δύσπιστοι.
Despite the evident benefits of the reform, many citizens remained skeptical.
Η αξιολόγηση των μακροπρόθεσμων οφελών μιας πολιτικής απαιτεί ανάλυση πέρα από το άμεσο κόστος.
Assessing the long-term benefits of a policy requires analysis beyond its immediate cost.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | όφελος | οφέλη |
| Genitive | οφέλους | οφελών |
| Accusative | όφελος | οφέλη |
| Vocative | όφελος | οφέλη |
Word family
Etymology
Όφελος comes straight from Ancient Greek ὄφελος, meaning help, gain, or advantage. It is tied to the ancient verb ὀφέλλω, to increase or promote, and to ὠφελέω, to benefit, the ancestor of the modern verb ωφελώ. Linguists disagree on the word's deepest roots: some link it to an old Indo-European base meaning to swell or grow, others treat it as a borrowing from a pre-Greek substrate language. What has stayed constant for nearly three thousand years is the core sense: something worth having, or the lack of it.
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