βοηθέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(sts. written [[βοιηθέω]], ''IG''22.237 (iv B. C.), ''BGU''1007.12 (iii B. C.)), Ion. [[βωθέω]], only Hsch. [[βωθέοντες]], not in Hdt. (but cf. Eust.812.59) or Hp., cf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βοηθήσω ''Michel'' 12.15 (Erythrae, iv B. C.); Dor. [[βοαθοέω|βοᾱθοέω]] ''SIG''421.27 (Thermon); Aeol. [[βαθόημι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):—Med., fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βοηθήσομαι Lib.''Or.''1.128:—[[come to aid]], [[succour]], [[assist]], [[aid]], c. dat., τῇ σφετέρῃ Hdt.1.82; τοῖσιν ἠδικημένοις E.''IA''79; πρὸς τοὺς αὑτῶν ψιλούς X.''HG''1.2.3; τινὶ ἀντία τινός Hdt.5.99; τινὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄναντες X.''HG''4.8.38; ναυσὶ β. τινί πολιορκουμένῳ ib.1.6.22; β. τοῖς φίλοις τὰ δίκαια Id.''Mem.''2.6.25; β. τοῖς τῶν προγόνων ἀτυχήμασιν Aeschin.3.169; β. τῷ λόγῳ Pl.''Phd.''88e; βοηθέω τῷ θεῷ = [[maintain]] his [[right]]s, Epist. Philipp. ap. D.18.157; β. τοῖς νόμοις Aeschin.1.33: c. dat. et acc., πατρὶ βοηθῶν θάνατον Pl.''Lg.''874c; of a [[physician]], β. τῷ θερμῷ ἐπὶ τὸ ψυχρόν Hp.''VM''13: abs., Plu.''Alex.'' 19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[come to the rescue]], Hdt.1.30, 7.158, A.''Supp.''613, etc.; βοηθέω παρά τινα Hdt.9.57; [[ἐπί τινα]] [[against]] one, Id.1.62, 4.125, Th.1.126, etc.; βοηθέω ἐς… Hdt.6.103; [[ἐπὶ]]… Th.3.97, 4.72; ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς Id.8.11; ἐκεῖσε D.4.41; [[βοηθέω πρός τι]] = [[contribute]] to an [[object]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Arist.''EN''1155a14, cf. ''Metaph.''1079b16, or [[keep]] it [[off]], Id.''Resp.''474b24, ''HA''621a13; χρήμασι = [[with]] [[money]], Id.''EN''1130a19: Medic., [[βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον]] = [[it is an antidote to conium]] Thphr.''HP''9.20.1; freq. in Dsc. as β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι 4.83.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., to [[be assisted]], [[receive help]], παρά τινος Arist. ''Rh.'' 1383b28; βοηθήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Da.''11.34, but βοηθηθήσομαι ''Is.''44.2; [[ἐβοήθην]] ib.10.3, ''2 Ch.''26.15 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ἐβοηθήθην); ἵν' ὦ βεβοηθημένη ''PRyl.''122.12 (ii A. D.); especially of patients, [[derive benefit]], Dsc.4.82, Plu.2.687f: impers., ἐμοὶ βεβοήθηται τῷ τεθνεῶτι Antipho 1.31; ταύτῃ μοι βεβοηθημένον ἐγεγόνει φιλοσοφίᾳ Pl.''Ep.''347e.