ἐπωφελέω

A. aid, succour, τινα S. El. 578,Ph. 905; τινὰ οὐδέν Id. El. 1005, E. Or. 955, cf. Ar. Nu. 1442 ; τινι S. OC 441, E. Andr. 677 : abs., Pl. Lg. 843c ; ἐν πολέμῳ Seleuc. ap. Ath. 15.697d:—Pass., receive aid, Phalar. Ep. 137. —In S. OC 541 (lyr.), ἐδεξάμην δῶρον, ὃ μήποτ’..ἐπωφέλησα πόλεξς ἐξελέσθαι, the Sch. takes ἐπωφέλησα as, = ὤφελον, would that I never had received : ‐ήσας cj. Jebb.