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βοηθόος

boethoos

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Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

1. βοηθόος · boēthoos — Beekes

βοηθόος [m.] ‘who brings help (in war) (II.). *VAR Dor. βοᾶθόος, Att. and Hdt. βοηθός (see below). *DER Hence a denominative Aetol. βοαθοέω (Lesb. BaOdrnuL), and by hyphairesis Dor. βοἄθέω, Att. and Hdt. βοηθέω ‘come to help on a cry, help’ (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 18 (1930): 96f.). From βοαθόος resp. βοηθό(ο)ς: Aetol. βοαθοΐα (< *PoaBoria), Att. βοήθεια ‘help’ (rebuilt after the nouns in -εἰὰ [Schwyzer: 469]). … — [Beekes, s.v. βοηθόος, p. 271]

2. βοηθ-όος · boēth-oos — LSJ

hasting to the cry for help, the call to arms, hasting to the battle

hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms, Il. 13.477; β. ἅρμα a chariot hasting to the battle, 17.481.

II aiding, helping, helper, assisting, auxiliary, assistant

aiding, helping, Pi. N. 7.33, B. Fr. 34:—Subst., helper, prob. Id. 12.103, Theoc. 22.23, Call. Del. 27:—in Prose βοηθός, όν, assisting, auxiliary, νῆες Th. 1.45: c. dat., ὁ τοῖς νόμοις β. Lys. Fr. 53.1; freq. as Subst., assistant, Hdt. 5.77, 6.100, Antipho 1.2, Pl. R. 566b, al.; τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς BGU 1047iii 11 (ii A. D.); τοῦ στρατηγοῦ POxy. 1469.10 (iii A. D.), etc.

In the wild

βοηθόον · boēthoon Iliad 13.477
βοηθόον · boēthoon Iliad 17.481

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βοηθόος (scan p. 271; entry #1201).

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