βοηθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Shortened form of βοηθόος (boēthóos, “hasting to the cry for help”), from βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “swift”, from θέω (théō, “run”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/ → /βo.iˈθos/ → /vo.iˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.e̝ˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.iˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/

Adjective

βοηθός • (boēthós) m or f (neuter βοηθόν); second declension

1. assisting, auxiliary

Declension

Second declension of βοηθός; βοηθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βοηθός boēthós		βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθοί boēthoí		βοηθᾰ́ boēthắ
Genitive		βοηθοῦ boēthoû		βοηθοῦ boēthoû		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθῶν boēthôn		βοηθῶν boēthôn
Dative		βοηθῷ boēthōî		βοηθῷ boēthōî		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθοῖς boēthoîs		βοηθοῖς boēthoîs
Accusative		βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθούς boēthoús		βοηθᾰ́ boēthắ
Vocative		βοηθέ boēthé		βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθοί boēthoí		βοηθᾰ́ boēthắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βοηθῶς boēthôs				βοηθότερος boēthóteros				βοηθότᾰτος boēthótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

βοηθός • (boēthós) m (genitive βοηθοῦ); second declension

1. assistant, helper

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βοηθός; τοῦ βοηθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βοηθός ho boēthós	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	οἱ βοηθοί hoi boēthoí
Genitive	τοῦ βοηθοῦ toû boēthoû	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τῶν βοηθῶν tôn boēthôn
Dative	τῷ βοηθῷ tōî boēthōî	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τοῖς βοηθοῖς toîs boēthoîs
Accusative	τὸν βοηθόν tòn boēthón	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	τοὺς βοηθούς toùs boēthoús
Vocative	βοηθέ boēthé	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθοί boēthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• βοήθεια (boḗtheia) "help, aid"
• βοηθέω (boēthéō) "come to aid, succour, assist, aid"
• βοήθησις (boḗthēsis) "aid, succour"

Descendants

• Greek: βοηθός (voïthós)

References

• An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon (1882)
• Strongs Exhaustive Bible Concordance (1890)

Further reading

• βοηθός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voi̯ˈθos/

Noun

βοηθός • (voïthós) m or f (plural βοηθοί)

1. helper, assistant

   Synonym: αρωγός (arogós)

Declension

Declension of βοηθός

	singular	plural
nominative	βοηθός (voïthós)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)
genitive	βοηθού (voïthoú)	βοηθών (voïthón)
accusative	βοηθό (voïthó)	βοηθούς (voïthoús)
vocative	βοηθέ (voïthé)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)

Related terms

• βοήθεια f (voḯtheia, “help”)
• αναξιόπιστος βοηθός m (anaxiópistos voïthós, “broken reed”)

Further reading

• βοηθός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language