βοηθόος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. βοᾱ-, ον, (<b class="b3">βοή, θέω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">βοη-δρόμος</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[hasting to the cry for help]] or [[the call to arms]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.477</span>; <b class="b3">β. ἅρμα</b> a chariot [[hasting to the battle]], <span class="bibl">17.481</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[aiding]], [[helping]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.33</span>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>34:—Subst., [[helper]], prob. <span class="bibl">Id.12.103</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>27</span>:—in Prose βοηθός, όν, [[assisting]], [[auxiliary]], νῆες <span class="bibl">Th.1.45</span>: c. dat., ὁ τοῖς νόμοις β. <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>53.1</span>; freq. as Subst., [[assistant]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.77</span>, <span class="bibl">6.100</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>566b</span>, al.; τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1047iii 11</span> (ii A. D.); τοῦ στρατηγοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1469.10</span> (iii A. D.), etc.</span>