Not related to ὄφελος (óphelos, “use”). According to Beekes, probably connected to ἀπαφεῖν (apapheîn) aorist b of verb ἀπαφίσκω (apaphískō, “I deceive”) (itself probably from Pre-Greek/substrate), in which case the word originally meant "deceiving".
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐος • (apophṓlios) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ποφώλῐον); second declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓ποφώλῐος apophṓlios |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐον apophṓlion |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐοι apophṓlioi |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐᾰ apophṓlia | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ου apophōlíou |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ου apophōlíou |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οιν apophōlíoin |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οιν apophōlíoin |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ων apophōlíōn |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ων apophōlíōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ῳ apophōlíōi |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ῳ apophōlíōi |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οιν apophōlíoin |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οιν apophōlíoin |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οις apophōlíois |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́οις apophōlíois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓ποφώλῐον apophṓlion |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐον apophṓlion |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ους apophōlíous |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐᾰ apophṓlia | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ποφώλῐε apophṓlie |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐον apophṓlion |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ω apophōlíō |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐοι apophṓlioi |
ᾰ̓ποφώλῐᾰ apophṓlia | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓ποφωλῐ́ως apophōlíōs |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐώτερος apophōliṓteros |
ᾰ̓ποφωλῐώτᾰτος apophōliṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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