βοηθόος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Homeric. From βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) + θοός (thoós, “swift, running”) (θέω (théō, “run”)); post-classically shortened to βοηθός (boēthós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰó.os/ → /βo.iˈθo.os/ → /vo.iˈθo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰó.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.e̝ˈtʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.iˈθo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθo.os/

Adjective

βοηθόος • (boēthóos) m or f (neuter βοηθόον); second declension

1. 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)
2. assisting, auxiliary; aiding, helping

Inflection

Second declension of βοηθόος; βοηθόον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βοηθόος boēthóos	βοηθόον boēthóon		βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō		βοηθόοι boēthóoi	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Genitive		βοηθόου boēthóou	βοηθόου boēthóou		βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin		βοηθόων boēthóōn	βοηθόων boēthóōn
Dative		βοηθόῳ boēthóōi	βοηθόῳ boēthóōi		βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin		βοηθόοις boēthóois	βοηθόοις boēthóois
Accusative		βοηθόον boēthóon	βοηθόον boēthóon		βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō		βοηθόους boēthóous	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Vocative		βοηθόε boēthóe	βοηθόον boēthóon		βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō		βοηθόοι boēthóoi	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βοηθόως boēthóōs			βοηθοώτερος boēthoṓteros			βοηθοώτᾰτος boēthoṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, 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