βοήθεια

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοηθέω (boēthéō, “to help, assist”), from βοηθόος (boēthóos, “heeding the call to arms, rushing to battle”, Homeric).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈe̝.tʰi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈi.θi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈi.θi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈi.θi.a/

Noun

βοήθειᾰ • (boḗtheia) f (genitive βοηθείᾱς); first declension

aid, help, assistance

Declension

First declension of ἡ βοήθειᾰ; τῆς βοηθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βοήθειᾰ hē boḗtheia	τὼ βοηθείᾱ tṑ boētheíā	αἱ βοήθειαι hai boḗtheiai
Genitive	τῆς βοηθείᾱς tês boētheíās	τοῖν βοηθείαιν toîn boētheíain	τῶν βοηθειῶν tôn boētheiôn
Dative	τῇ βοηθείᾳ têi boētheíāi	τοῖν βοηθείαιν toîn boētheíain	ταῖς βοηθείαις taîs boētheíais
Accusative	τὴν βοήθειᾰν tḕn boḗtheian	τὼ βοηθείᾱ tṑ boētheíā	τᾱ̀ς βοηθείᾱς tā̀s boētheíās
Vocative	βοήθειᾰ boḗtheia	βοηθείᾱ boētheíā	βοήθειαι boḗtheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: βοήθεια (voḯtheia)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βοηθόος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224

Further reading

“βοήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βοήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“βοήθεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
βοήθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βοήθεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοήθεια (boḗtheia, “help, aid, succour”).

Noun

βοήθεια • (voḯtheia) f (plural βοήθειες)

help, assistance, aid, succour
Synonym: αρωγή (arogí)

δίνω τη βοήθειά μου ― díno ti voḯtheiá mou ― I give my help

η βοήθειά τους ήταν σημαντική ― i voḯtheiá tous ítan simantikí ― their aid was important

Declension

Declension of **βοήθεια**
	singular	plural
nominative	βοήθεια (voḯtheia)	βοήθειες (voḯtheies)
genitive	βοήθειας (voḯtheias)	βοηθειών (voïtheión)
accusative	βοήθεια (voḯtheia)	βοήθειες (voḯtheies)
vocative	βοήθεια (voḯtheia)	βοήθειες (voḯtheies)

Related terms

αλληλοβοήθεια f (allilovoḯtheia, “mutual aid”)
αυτοβοήθεια f (aftovoḯtheia, “self-help”)
βοήθημα n (voḯthima, “assistance, relief”)
βοηθητικά (voïthitiká, “supplementally, helpfully”)
βοηθητικός (voïthitikós, “ancillary, auxiliary”)
βοηθός m or f (voïthós, “helper”)
βοηθώ (voïthó, “to help”)
πρώτες βοήθειες f pl (prótes voḯtheies, “first aid”)
πρώτων βοηθειών f pl (próton voïtheión, “first aid kit”)

Interjection

βοήθεια • (voḯtheia)

help

Further reading

βοήθεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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