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ἐκβοηθέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκβοηθέω ἐκβοηθήσω

Structure: ἐκ (Prefix) + βοηθέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to march out to aid, to make a sally

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκβοήθω ἐκβοήθεις ἐκβοήθει
Dual ἐκβοήθειτον ἐκβοήθειτον
Plural ἐκβοήθουμεν ἐκβοήθειτε ἐκβοήθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκβοήθω ἐκβοήθῃς ἐκβοήθῃ
Dual ἐκβοήθητον ἐκβοήθητον
Plural ἐκβοήθωμεν ἐκβοήθητε ἐκβοήθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκβοήθοιμι ἐκβοήθοις ἐκβοήθοι
Dual ἐκβοήθοιτον ἐκβοηθοίτην
Plural ἐκβοήθοιμεν ἐκβοήθοιτε ἐκβοήθοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐκβοῆθει ἐκβοηθεῖτω
Dual ἐκβοήθειτον ἐκβοηθεῖτων
Plural ἐκβοήθειτε ἐκβοηθοῦντων, ἐκβοηθεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἐκβοήθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκβοηθων ἐκβοηθουντος ἐκβοηθουσα ἐκβοηθουσης ἐκβοηθουν ἐκβοηθουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκβοήθουμαι ἐκβοήθει, ἐκβοήθῃ ἐκβοήθειται
Dual ἐκβοήθεισθον ἐκβοήθεισθον
Plural ἐκβοηθοῦμεθα ἐκβοήθεισθε ἐκβοήθουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκβοήθωμαι ἐκβοήθῃ ἐκβοήθηται
Dual ἐκβοήθησθον ἐκβοήθησθον
Plural ἐκβοηθώμεθα ἐκβοήθησθε ἐκβοήθωνται
OptativeSingular ἐκβοηθοίμην ἐκβοήθοιο ἐκβοήθοιτο
Dual ἐκβοήθοισθον ἐκβοηθοίσθην
Plural ἐκβοηθοίμεθα ἐκβοήθοισθε ἐκβοήθοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐκβοήθου ἐκβοηθεῖσθω
Dual ἐκβοήθεισθον ἐκβοηθεῖσθων
Plural ἐκβοήθεισθε ἐκβοηθεῖσθων, ἐκβοηθεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐκβοήθεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκβοηθουμενος ἐκβοηθουμενου ἐκβοηθουμενη ἐκβοηθουμενης ἐκβοηθουμενον ἐκβοηθουμενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἔπειτα καταφρονήσαντεσ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ὡσ οὐ πολλῇ δυνάμει παρόντων ἐξεβοήθουν ἐκ τῆσ Ἀντιατῶν χώρασ τὰ ὅπλα ἁρπάσαντεσ ἀθρόοι, ταχύτερα μᾶλλον ἢ ἀσφαλέστερα βουλευσάμενοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 82 3:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἡμέρα τ’ ἦν καὶ φανερὸν ἦν τὸ γεγενημένον, ταχὺ δὴ καὶ οἱ ὁπλῖται καὶ οἱ ἱππεῖσ σὺν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ ἐξεβοήθουν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 11:3)
  • τῶν δὲ Σαλαμινίων πυρσευσάντων τοῖσ κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικήν, οἱ μὲν Ἀθηναῖοι δόξαντεσ τὸν Πειραιᾶ κατειλῆφθαι ταχέωσ ἐξεβοήθουν μετὰ πολλῆσ ταραχῆσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 48 10:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἐν ταῖσ τριήρεσι ποιησάντων τὸ προσταχθέν, καὶ τῶν πλοίων τὰ μὲν συντριβόντων ταῖσ ἐμβολαῖσ, τὰ δ’ ἀποσπᾶν πειρωμένων ταῖσ σιδηραῖσ χερσίν, ἔτι δὲ βοὴν ἐξαίσιον ποιούντων, οἱ μὲν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ὄντεσ Πελοποννήσιοι καὶ πάντεσ οἱ τὴν ἀπάτην ἀγνοοῦντεσ ἐξεβοήθουν ἐπὶ τοὺσ λιμένασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 66 10:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Πελοποννήσιοι πυθόμενοι τὸ γεγονόσ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τοὺσ ἡμίσεισ ἐπὶ τοῦ λιμένοσ ἀπέλιπον, τοῖσ δὲ λοιποῖσ κατὰ σπουδὴν ἐξεβοήθουν ἐπὶ τὰ κατειλημμένα τείχη. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 66 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. to march out to aid

Derived

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

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