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βοηθέω

ε-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: βοηθέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: bohqo/s

Sense

to come to aid, to succour, assist, aid
to give aid, come to the rescue

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	βοήθω	βοήθεις	βοήθει
Dual		βοήθειτον	βοήθειτον
Plural	βοήθουμεν	βοήθειτε	βοήθουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	βοήθω	βοήθῃς	βοήθῃ
Dual		βοήθητον	βοήθητον
Plural	βοήθωμεν	βοήθητε	βοήθωσιν*
Optative	Singular	βοήθοιμι	βοήθοις	βοήθοι
Dual		βοήθοιτον	βοηθοίτην
Plural	βοήθοιμεν	βοήθοιτε	βοήθοιεν
Imperative	Singular		βοῆθει	βοηθεῖτω
Dual		βοήθειτον	βοηθεῖτων
Plural		βοήθειτε	βοηθοῦντων, βοηθεῖτωσαν
Infinitive	βοήθειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
βοηθων βοηθουντος	βοηθουσα βοηθουσης	βοηθουν βοηθουντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	βοήθουμαι	βοήθει, βοήθῃ	βοήθειται
Dual		βοήθεισθον	βοήθεισθον
Plural	βοηθοῦμεθα	βοήθεισθε	βοήθουνται
Subjunctive	Singular	βοήθωμαι	βοήθῃ	βοήθηται
Dual		βοήθησθον	βοήθησθον
Plural	βοηθώμεθα	βοήθησθε	βοήθωνται
Optative	Singular	βοηθοίμην	βοήθοιο	βοήθοιτο
Dual		βοήθοισθον	βοηθοίσθην
Plural	βοηθοίμεθα	βοήθοισθε	βοήθοιντο
Imperative	Singular		βοήθου	βοηθεῖσθω
Dual		βοήθεισθον	βοηθεῖσθων
Plural		βοήθεισθε	βοηθεῖσθων, βοηθεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive	βοήθεισθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
βοηθουμενος βοηθουμενου	βοηθουμενη βοηθουμενης	βοηθουμενον βοηθουμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

βοηθοῦντων, βοηθεῖτωσαν

Infinitive

βοήθειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

βοηθων βοηθουντος

βοηθουσα βοηθουσης

βοηθουν βοηθουντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

βοηθεῖσθων, βοηθεῖσθωσαν

Infinitive

βοήθεισθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

βοηθουμενος βοηθουμενου

βοηθουμενη βοηθουμενης

βοηθουμενον βοηθουμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐβοῆθουν	ἐβοῆθεις	ἐβοῆθειν*
Dual		ἐβοήθειτον	ἐβοηθεῖτην
Plural	ἐβοήθουμεν	ἐβοήθειτε	ἐβοῆθουν
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐβοηθοῦμην	ἐβοήθου	ἐβοήθειτο
Dual		ἐβοήθεισθον	ἐβοηθεῖσθην
Plural	ἐβοηθοῦμεθα	ἐβοήθεισθε	ἐβοήθουντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

ὥσπερ [γὰρ] ὁ ἥλιοσ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμ[ένη]ν ἐπέρχεται, τὰ[σ μὲν] ὡρ́ασ διακρίνων [εἰσ τὸ π]ρέπον καὶ καλῶ[σ πάντα καθ]ιστάσ, τοῖσ δὲ σ[ώφροσι καὶ ἐπ]ιεικέσι τ[ῶν ἀνθρώπ]ων ἐπιμ[ελούμενοσ κ]αὶ γεν[έσεωσ καὶ τροφῆ]σ καὶ [καρπ]ῶν κ[αὶ τῶν ἄ]λλων ἁ[πά]ντων τῶν εἰσ τὸν β[ίο]ν χρησίμων, οὕτωσ καὶ ἡ πόλισ ἡμῶν διατελε[ῖ το]ὺσ μὲν κακοὺσ κολάζο[υσα, τοῖσ] δὲ δικαίοισ β[οηθοῦσα], τὸ δὲ ἴσον ἀν[τὶ τῆσ ἀδι]κίασ ἅπασιν [ἀπονέμουσα, τ]οῖσ δὲ ἰδί[οισ κινδύνοισ κα]ὶ δαπάναι[σ κοινὴν ἄδει]αν τοῖσ Ἕλλη[σιν παρασκευ]άζουσα. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 5:1)
γιγνώσκω γὰρ ποίουσ ἔναγχοσ ἀγῶνασ ἠγωνίσω, τῇ Θέωνοσ ἀδελφῇ βοηθοῦσα καὶ μαχομένη ταῖσ μετ’ ὀλοφυρμῶν καὶ ἀλαλαγμῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπιούσαισ, ὥσπερ ἀτεχνῶσ πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ φερούσαισ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 7 2:1)
ἐγένετο μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ δόγματοσ ἀμφιλογία, καὶ πολλοὶ ἦσαν οἱ τὸν πόλεμον οὐκ ἐῶντεσ ἐκφέρειν τῆσ τε κληρουχίασ ὑπομιμνήσκοντεσ τοὺσ δημοτικούσ, ἧσ γε πέμπτον ἔτοσ ἐψηφισμένησ ὑπὸ τοῦ συνεδρίου κενῇ πιστεύσαντεσ ἐλπίδι ἐξηπάτηντο, καὶ κοινὸν ἀποφαίνοντεσ πόλεμον, εἰ κοινῇ χρήσεται γνώμῃ πᾶσα Τυρρηνία τοῖσ ὁμοεθνέσι βοηθοῦσα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 91 4:1)
διετέλει γὰρ βοηθοῦσα τοῖσ ἀτυχοῦσι καὶ πολλοὺσ τῶν ἀπόρων ὑπολαμβάνουσα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 67 1:2)
καθάπερ γὰρ νομοθετοῦσα τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἡ πόλισ πρὸσ τοὺσ αὑτῶν τρόπουσ ἑκάστοισ ἐκλέγεσθαι τὸ πρόσφορον, οὕτω πάντα ἐξεῦρέ τε καὶ προὔθηκεν εἰσ κοινὸν, βοηθοῦσα τῇ φύσει πανταχῆ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 103:9)

Synonyms

to come to aid
- ἐπιβοηθέω (to come to aid, to succour)
- προσβοηθέω (to come to aid, come up with succour)
- ἐπαμύνω (to come to aid, defend, assist)
- ἐπωφελέω (to aid or succour, in, to aid or succour)
- ἀρκέω (I assist, succour)
- προσαρκέω (to yield needful aid, succour, assist)
- ὠφελέω (to help, aid, assist)
- ἀρήγω (to help, aid, succour)
- προσαμύνω (to come to aid)
- χραισμέω (to defend, help, aid)
- συγγίγνομαι (to come to assist)
- ἐπιπάρειμι (to come to one's assistance)
to give aid
- προσαμύνω (to come to aid)
- παραβοηθέω (to come up to help, to come to the rescue)
- ἐπαρήγω (to come to aid, help)

Derived

ἐκβοηθέω (to march out to aid, to make a sally)
ἐπεκβοηθέω (to rush out to aid)
ἐπιβοηθέω (to come to aid, to succour)
παραβοηθέω (to come up to help, to come to the rescue)
προβοηθέω (to hasten to aid before)
προσβοηθέω (to come to aid, come up with succour)
συμβοηθέω (to render joint aid, join in assisting)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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βοηθέω

Sense

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to come to aid

to give aid

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βοηθέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to come to aid

to give aid

Derived

Similar forms

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