βοηθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Shortened form of βοηθόος (boēthóos, “hasting to the cry for help”), from βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “swift”, from θέω (théō, “run”)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.e̝ˈtʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.iˈθos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/

Adjective

βοηθός • (boēthós) m or f (neuter βοηθόν); second declension

assisting, auxiliary

Declension

Second declension of βοηθός; βοηθόν (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βοηθός boēthós	βοηθόν boēthón	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθοί boēthoí	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Genitive	βοηθοῦ boēthoû	βοηθοῦ boēthoû	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθῶν boēthôn	βοηθῶν boēthôn
Dative	βοηθῷ boēthôi	βοηθῷ boēthôi	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθοῖς boēthoîs	βοηθοῖς boēthoîs
Accusative	βοηθόν boēthón	βοηθόν boēthón	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθούς boēthoús	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Vocative	βοηθέ boēthé	βοηθόν boēthón	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθοί boēthoí	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	βοηθῶς boēthôs		βοηθότερος boēthóteros		βοηθότᾰτος boēthótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

βοηθός • (boēthós) m (genitive βοηθοῦ); second declension

assistant, helper

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.

Related terms

βοήθεια (boḗtheia) "help, aid"
βοηθέω (boēthéō) "come to aid, succour, assist, aid"
βοήθησις (boḗthēsis) "aid, succour"

Descendants

Greek: βοηθός (voïthós)

References

An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon (1882)
Strongs Exhaustive Bible Concordance (1890)

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voi̯ˈθos/

Noun

βοηθός • (voïthós) m or f (plural βοηθοί)

helper, assistant
Synonym: αρωγός (arogós)

Declension

Declension of **βοηθός**
	singular	plural
nominative	βοηθός (voïthós)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)
genitive	βοηθού (voïthoú)	βοηθών (voïthón)
accusative	βοηθό (voïthó)	βοηθούς (voïthoús)
vocative	βοηθέ (voïthé)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)

Related terms

βοήθεια f (voḯtheia, “help”)
αναξιόπιστος βοηθός m (anaxiópistos voïthós, “broken reed”)

βοηθός

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