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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

  • κωλύοντοσ δὲ τοῦ παιδοτρίβου καὶ νεανίσκων πολλῶν ἐκβοηθούντων, παραχρῆμα ὁ Ἀριστόδημοσ ἀπεχώρησε· (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 3 11:2)
  • ἀεὶ δὲ πλειόνων ἑκατέρωθεν ἐκβοηθούντων ὁρῶν τὴν ἀνάγκην ὁ Σπάρτακοσ ἅπαν παρέταξε τὸ στράτευμα. (Plutarch, chapter 11 6:1)
  • συνελθόντων δὲ εἰσ ταὐτὸ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἀμφοτέρων, οὗτοι μὲν ἐπεπορεύοντο τὴν χώραν πορθοῦντεσ, τῶν δὲ Θηβαίων ἐκβοηθούντων συνάψαντεσ αὐτοῖσ μάχην οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ πολλοὺσ ἀνελόντεσ ἐνίκησαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 65 5:1)
  • τῶν δ’ Ἰταλιωτῶν σποράδην διὰ τὴν σπουδὴν ἐκβοηθούντων, οἱ Σικελιῶται τὰσ τάξεισ διαφυλάττοντεσ ῥᾳδίωσ τῶν πολεμίων περιεγίνοντο. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 104 4:1)

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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