βοηθόος
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
Dor. βοᾱ-, ον, (βοή, θέω, cf. βοη-δρόμος)
A hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms, Il.13.477; β. ἅρμα a chariot hasting to the battle, 17.481. II aiding, helping, Pi.N.7.33, B.Fr.34:—Subst., helper, prob. Id.12.103, Theoc.22.23, Call.Del.27:—in Prose βοηθός, όν, assisting, auxiliary, νῆες Th.1.45: c. dat., ὁ τοῖς νόμοις β. Lys.Fr.53.1; freq. as Subst., assistant, Hdt.5.77, 6.100, Antipho 1.2, Pl.R.566b, al.; τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς BGU1047iii 11 (ii A. D.); τοῦ στρατηγοῦ POxy.1469.10 (iii A. D.), etc.
