βοηθόος

Ancient Greek

Homeric univerbation of (ἐπί) βοὴν θεῖν ((epí) boḕn theîn), from βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) + θοός (thoós, “swift, running”) (θέω (théō, “to run”)); post-classically shortened to βοηθός (boēthós).^[1]

βοηθόος • (boēthóos) m or f (neuter βοηθόον); second declension

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)
assisting, auxiliary; aiding, helping

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βοηθόος boēthóos	βοηθόον boēthóon	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόοι boēthóoi	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Genitive	βοηθόου boēthóou	βοηθόου boēthóou	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόων boēthóōn	βοηθόων boēthóōn
Dative	βοηθόῳ boēthóōi	βοηθόῳ boēthóōi	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόοιν boēthóoin	βοηθόοις boēthóois	βοηθόοις boēthóois
Accusative	βοηθόον boēthóon	βοηθόον boēthóon	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόους boēthóous	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Vocative	βοηθόε boēthóe	βοηθόον boēthóon	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόω boēthóō	βοηθόοι boēthóoi	βοηθόᾰ boēthóa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	βοηθόως boēthóōs		βοηθοώτερος boēthoṓteros		βοηθοώτᾰτος boēthoṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ 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