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βοηθόος
βοηθόος
Ancient Greek
Adjective
βοηθόος • (boēthóos) m, f (neuter βοηθόον); second declension
- heeding the call to arms, rushing to battle
- Il. 13.477 Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα βοηθόον ("Aeneas rushing to [battle]")
- Il. 17.481f Ὣς ἔφατ', Ἀλκιμέδων δὲ βοηθόον ἅρμ' ἐπορούσας / καρπαλίμως μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία λάζετο χερσίν ("So spake he, and Alcimedon leapt upon the car that was swift in battle, and quickly grasped in his hands the lash and reins" trans. Murray 1924)
- assisting, auxiliary; aiding, helping
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βοηθός | τὼ βοηθώ | οἱ βοηθοί | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βοηθοῦ | τοῖν βοηθοῖν | τῶν βοηθῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βοηθῷ | τοῖν βοηθοῖν | τοῖς βοηθοῖς | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βοηθόν | τὼ βοηθώ | τοὺς βοηθούς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βοηθέ | βοηθώ | βοηθοί | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- βοηθός (boēthós) "auxiliary"
- βοήθεια (boḗtheia) "help, aid"
- βοηθέω (boēthéō) "come to aid, succour, assist, aid"
- βοήθησις (boḗthēsis) "aid, succour"
References
- βοηθόος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press