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βοηθόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοηθόος

Structure: βοηθο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boh/, qe/w

Sense

  1. hasting to the battle-shout, hasting to battle
  2. aiding, helping, an assistant

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative βοηθόος βοήθοον
Genitive βοηθόου βοηθόου
Dative βοηθόῳ βοηθόῳ
Accusative βοηθόον βοήθοον
Vocative βοηθόε βοήθοον
DualN/A/V βοηθόω βοηθόω
G/D βοηθόοιν βοηθόοιν
PluralNominative βοηθόοι βοήθοα
Genitive βοηθόων βοηθόων
Dative βοηθόοις βοηθόοις
Accusative βοηθόους βοήθοα
Vocative βοηθόοι βοήθοα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βοηθόος βοηθόου βοηθοότερος βοηθοοτέρου βοηθοότατος βοηθοοτάτου
Adverb βοηθόως βοηθοότερον βοηθοότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἤν τισ γριπεύσ με βοηθόον ἢ καλαμευτὴσ φωνήσῃ, πνοιῆσ ἱέμαι ὀξύτεροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 8 1:1)
  • ἤθελε μὲν βασιλεύσ σε βοηθόον εἰσέτι πέμπειν ἄστεσι τειρομένοισ δευομένων μερόπων, Τητιανὲ χρύσειε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4451)
  • ὣσ μένεν Ἰδομενεὺσ δουρικλυτόσ, οὐδ’ ὑπεχώρει, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα βοηθόον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 47:5)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, Ἀλκιμέδων δὲ βοηθόον ἁρ́μ’ ἐπορούσασ καρπαλίμωσ μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία λάζετο χερσίν, Αὐτομέδων δ’ ἀπόρουσε· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 50:1)

Synonyms

  1. aiding

Similar forms

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

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