βοηθόος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">who brings help (in war)</b> (Il.; on the meaning Schulze Kl. Schr. 188).<br />Other forms: Dor. [[βοαθόος]], att. and Hdt. [[βοηθός]] (s. below)<br />Derivatives: From this a denominative Aetol. [[βοαθοέω]], (Lesb. [[βαθόημι]]), through hyphairesis (Schwyzer 252) Dor. [[βοαθέω]], Att. and Hdt. [[βοηθέω]] [[come to help on a cry]], [[help]] (cf. Kretschmer, Glotta 18, 96f.). - From [[βοαθόος]] bzw. <b class="b3">βοηθό(ο)ς</b>: Aetol. [[βοαθοΐα]] (< <b class="b3">*βοαθοϜία</b>), Att. [[βοήθεια]] (rebuilt after the nouns in <b class="b3">-εια</b> [Schwyzer 469] ) [[help]]. - From [[βοηθέω]] as reverse deriv. [[βοηθός]] (or constracted from [[βοηθόος]], s. Schwyzer 469, Sommer Nominalkomp. 26 A. 4). [[βοήθησις]] [[help]] (Hp.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: [[βοηθόος]] from an expression like ([[ἐπὶ]]) <b class="b3">βοην θεῖν</b> (s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 188). (The <b class="b3">-ο-</b> from <b class="b3">*θοϜ-ο-</b>?) - After [[βοηθέω]], [[βοηθός]] were made the synonyms [[βοηδρομέω]] (Eur.) with the feast name [[βοηδρόμια]] pl. (D.; months name [[Βοηδρομιών]], [[Βοηδρόμιος]]) and [[βοηδρόμος]] (E.; on the connection s. E. Kretschmer, Glotta 18, 1930, 96ff.).