βοηθόος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

βοηθόος • (boēthóos) m, 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 ὁ βοηθός; τοῦ βοηθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βοηθός
ho boēthós		 τὼ βοηθώ
tṑ boēthṓ		 οἱ βοηθοί
hoi boēthoí
Genitive τοῦ βοηθοῦ
toû boēthoû		 τοῖν βοηθοῖν
toîn boēthoîn		 τῶν βοηθῶν
tôn boēthôn
Dative τῷ βοηθῷ
tôi boēthôi		 τοῖν βοηθοῖν
toîn boēthoîn		 τοῖς βοηθοῖς
toîs boēthoîs
Accusative τὸν βοηθόν
tòn boēthón		 τὼ βοηθώ
tṑ boēthṓ		 τοὺς βοηθούς
toùs boēthoús
Vocative βοηθέ
boēthé		 βοηθώ
boēthṓ		 βοηθοί
boēthoí
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
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