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βοήθ-εια

boetheia · ἡ

help, aid, ‘help!’, medical aid, cure

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Where it lives

First Olynthiac 3 · 16.47/10k
Fourth Philippic 4 · 9.04/10k
Lamentationes 2 · 8.59/10k
Archidamus 5 · 8.16/10k
On the Chersonese 3 · 7.11/10k
De Respiratione 4 · 6.59/10k
First Philippic 2 · 6.09/10k
Machabaeorum II 7 · 6.06/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Psalmi 17 · 4.97/10k
Machabaeorum I 8 · 4.59/10k
Judith 4 · 4.56/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

βοήθ-εια · boēth-eia — LSJ

help, aid, ‘help!’

help, aid, Th. 2.22, etc.; β. τῷ λόγῳ πρός τινα Pl. Prm. 128c; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων β. D. 56.15; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, Arist. PA 651b1, 652a32: nom.sg., as exclamation ‘help!’, Plb. 13.8.5: pl., Gorg. Pal. 33, D. 18.302, Arist. Rh. 1383a29; αἱ πρὸς εὔπλοιαν β. Ph. 2.46, cf. Act.Ap. 27.17.

2 medical aid, cure

medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. Plu. Alex. 19.

II force of auxiliaries

force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. X. HG 7.1.20; νεῶν β. Th. 4.8: opp. regular forces, D. 4.32.

In the wild

βοηθείαις · boētheiais Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..16 (DIORISIS sentence 212)
βοήθειαν · boētheian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..19 (DIORISIS sentence 242)
βοήθειαν · boētheian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..38 (DIORISIS sentence 440)
βοήθεια · boētheia Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 44)
βοήθειαν · boētheian Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 32)
βοήθειαν · boētheian Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 35)

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