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substantive

P. and V. ὠφέλεια, ἡ, ἐπικουρία, ἡ, τιμωρία, ἡ, P. βοήθεια, ἡ, V. ὠφέλησις, ἡ, ἐπωφέλημα, τό, προσωφέλησις, ἡ, ἀλκή, ἡ, ἀλέξημα, τό, ἄρκεσις, ἡ, ἐπάρκεσις, ἡ, ἄρηξις, ἡ, προσωφέλημα, τό.

by the help of: P. and V. διά (acc.).

help against: P. and V. ἐπικούρησις, ἡ (gen.) (Plato).

concretely of a person: use helper.

verb transitive

P. and V. ὠφελεῖν (acc. or dat.), ἐπωφελεῖν (acc.), ἐπαρκεῖν (dat.), ἐπικουρεῖν (dat.), βοηθεῖν (dat.), Ar. and V. ἀρηγεῖν (dat.) (also Xen.), ἐπαρήγειν (dat.) (also Xen.), V. προσωφελεῖν (acc. or dat.), βοηδρομεῖν (dat.), προσαρκεῖν (dat.), ἀρκεῖν (dat.), P. ἐπιβοηθεῖν (dat.).

serve: P. and V. ὑπηρετεῖν (dat.), ὑπουργεῖν (dat.), ἐξυπηρετεῖν (dat.).

stand by: Ar. and V. παρίστασθαι (dat.), συμπαραστατεῖν (dat.), V. συμπαρίστασθαι (dat.), συγγίγνεσθαι (dat.), παραστατεῖν (dat.).

fight on the side of: P. and V. συμμαχεῖν (dat.).

work with: P. and V. συλλαμβάνειν (dat.), συμπράσσειν (dat.), συνεργεῖν (dat.) (Xen.), V. συμπονεῖν (dat.), συγκάμνειν (dat.), συνέρδειν (dat.), συνεκπονεῖν (dat.), συνεργάζεσθαι (absol.), Ar. and P. συναγωνίζεσθαι (dat.).

help (a work): P. and V. συμπράσσειν (acc.), συνδρᾶν (acc.) (Thuc.), V. συνεκπονεῖν (acc.).

help forward: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν; with non-personal subject, P. προφέρειν εἰς (acc.).

help to, contribute towards (a result): P. and V. συμβάλλεσθαι; (εἰς, acc.; V. gen.), P. συνεπιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), συλλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), συναγωνίζεσθαι (πρός, acc.) (Dem. 231), V. συνάπτεσθαι; (gen.).

help to: in compounds, use συν; e. g., help to kill: V. συμφονεύειν; help to attack: P. συνεισβάλλειν.

I cannot help (doing a thing): P. and V. οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅπως οὐ (ποιήσω τι) (cf. Euripides, I.T. 684).

how could a person of such a character help being like his peers? P. πῶς γὰρ οὐ μέλλει ὁ τοιοῦτος ὢν καὶ ἐοικέναι τοῖς τοιούτοις; (Plato, Republic 349D).

how can I help it? P. and V. τί γὰρ πάθω; (Euripides, Phoenissae 895; also Ar., Lys. 884).

how could it help being so? P. πῶς γὰρ οὐ μέλλει; (Plato, Phaedo, 78B).

determined, if he could help it, to put in nowhere but at the Peloponnese: P. ὡς γῇ ἑκούσιος οὐ σχήσων ἄλλῃ ἢ Πελοποννήσῳ (Thuc. 3, 33).

In same construction, use P. and V. ἑκών, P. ἑκών γ' εἶναι.

could we help agreeing? P. ἄλλο τι ἢ ὁμολογῶμεν; (Plato, Crito, 52D).

Translations

noun

Afrikaans: hulp; Albanian: ndihmë; Arabic: مُسَاعَدَة‎, مَعُونَة‎; Moroccan Arabic: عْوين‎; Aragonese: achuda, aduya; Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܝܲܪܬܵܐ‎, ܥܘܼܕܪܵܢܵܐ‎; Classical Syriac: ܥܘܕܪܢܐ‎; Armenian: օգնություն; Aromanian: agiutor; Assamese: সহায়; Asturian: ayuda, aida; Avar: кумек; Azerbaijani: kömək, yardım, köməklik; Bashkir: ярҙам; Basque: laguntza; Belarusian: дапамога; Bengali: সাহায্য, মদদ; Bulgarian: помощ; Catalan: ajuda; Chechen: гӏо; Chinese Dungan: бонцу, бон; Mandarin: 幫／帮, 幫助／帮助; Chukchi: вэнратгыргын; Cornish: gweres, skoodhyans; Czech: pomoc; Danish: hjælp; Dutch: hulp; Esperanto: helpo; Estonian: abi; Extremaduran: ayua; Faroese: hjálp; Finnish: apu; French: aide, secours; Friulian: jutori; Galician: axuda; Gallurese: aggjutu, adiutoriu; Georgian: დახმარება; German: Hilfe; Greek: βοήθεια; Ancient Greek: ἀλέξημα, ἄλεξις, ἀλκή, ἀνάληψις, ἀντέπαλξις, ἀντίληψις, ἀρηγοσύνη, ἄρηξις, ἄρκεσις, ἄρκεσμα, ἄρκιον, ἄρος, ἀρωγή, βοάθεια, βοάθοια, βοή, βοήθεια, βοηθείη, βοήθημα, βοήθησις, διακονία, ἕλξις, ἐπάρκεσις, ἐπικουρία, ἐπωφέλημα, προσωφέλημα, προσωφέλησις, τιμωρία, ὠφέλεια, ὠφέλησις; Haitian Creole: èd; Hawaiian: kōkua; Hebrew: עֶזְרָה‎, סיוע‎; Hindi: मदद, सहायता, उपकार; Hungarian: segítség; Icelandic: hjálp, aðstoð, fulltingi; Ido: helpo; Indonesian: bantuan, pertolongan; Ingush: гӏо; Interlingua: adjuta, succurso; Irish: cabhair, cuidiú, cúnamh; Italian: aiuto, ausilio; Japanese: 助け, 手助け, 手伝い, ヘルプ; Kapampangan: saup, sawup; Kazakh: көмек, жәрдем; Khmer: ជំនួយ; Korean: 도움; Kumyk: болушлукъ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: یارمەتی‎; Northern Kurdish: alîkarî, destek, yarmetî, komekî, piştevanî, piştgirî, misaede; Kyrgyz: жардам, көмөк; Latin: auxilium, adiumentum; Latvian: palīdzība; Lithuanian: pagalba; Luxembourgish: Hëllef; Macedonian: помош; Malay: pertolongan, bantuan; Malayalam: സഹായം; Maltese: għajnuna, għajnuna; Mongolian: тусламж; Mòcheno: hilf; Nepali: सहयोग, मदत्; Ngazidja Comorian: nusra; Norwegian: hjelp; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: помощь; Oriya: ସହାୟତା; Oromo: gargaarsa; Ossetian: ӕххуыс; Persian: کمک‎, یاری‎; Plautdietsch: Help; Polish: pomoc; Portuguese: ajuda, socorro, auxílio; Romanian: ajutor, asistență; Russian: помощь; Sardinian Campidanese: aggiudu; Logudorese: ayudu, azudu; Sassarese: aggiuddu; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: по̏мо̄ћ; Roman: pȍmōć; Sicilian: ajutu; Slovak: pomoc; Slovene: pomoč; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: pomoc; Upper Sorbian: pomoc; Southern Altai: болуш; Spanish: ayuda, socorro, auxilio; Swahili: msaada; Swedish: hjälp; Tagalog: tulong; Tajik: комак, ёри, ёрдам; Tamil: உதவி; Tatar: ярдәм; Telugu: సహాయము, సాయము; Thai: ความช่วยเหลือ; Tocharian B: ekito, upacai; Turkish: yardım; Turkmen: ýardam, kömek; Ukrainian: допомога, поміч; Urdu: مدد‎; Uyghur: ياردەم‎; Uzbek: yordam, bermoq, koʻmak; Vietnamese: giúp, giúp đỡ, trợ giúp, hỗ trợ; Volapük: yuf; Walloon: aidance, aidaedje, aide; Welsh: help, cymorth, cynhorthwy, help llaw; West Frisian: help; Yagnobi: ёрдам; Yakut: көмө; Yiddish: הילף‎; Zazaki: phasti, yardım; Zhuang: bangcoh, bang

verb

Afar: cate; Afrikaans: help; Albanian: ndihmë; Arabic: سَاعَدَ‎, عَاوَنَ‎, غَاثَ‎; Egyptian Arabic: سَاعِد‎; Aragonese: achudar, aduyar; Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܝܸܪ‎, ܥܵܕܹܪ‎; Classical Syriac: ܥܕܪ‎; Armenian: օգնել; Aromanian: agiut; Asturian: ayudar, audar, axudar, aidar; Azerbaijani: kömək etmək, yardım etmək; Basque: lagundu; Bau Bidayuh: batu', batu'; Belarusian: памагаць, памагчы, дапамагаць, дапамагчы; Bengali: সাহায্য করা; Brunei Malay: tulung; Bulgarian: помагам, помогна; Burmese: ကူ, ကူညီ; Catalan: ajudar, aidar; Cebuano: tabang; Chinese Dungan: бонцу; Mandarin: 幫助／帮助, 幫忙／帮忙; Cornish: gweres, skoodhya; Corsican: aiutà; Crimean Tatar: yardım etmek; Czech: pomáhat, pomoct or pomoci; Danish: hjælpe; Dutch: helpen; Esperanto: helpi; Estonian: aitama; Extremaduran: ayual; Faroese: hjálpa; Finnish: auttaa, opastaa; Franco-Provençal: èdiér; French: aider, secourir; Friulian: judâ, socori; Galician: axudar; Georgian: დახმარება; German: helfen; Middle High German: hëlfen; Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽, 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽; Greek: βοηθώ, βοηθάω, συντρέχω; Ancient Greek: ἀλκάθω, ἀμυνάθω, ἀμύνω, ἀμφιπένομαι, ἀντεισάγω, ἀντιλαμβάνω, ἀοσσέω, ἀρήγω, ἀρκέω, ἀρωγέω, ἀτανύω, βοηδρομέω, βαθόημι, βοηθέω, βοηθῶ, ἐπαρήγω, ἐπαρκέω, ἐπιβοηθέω, ἐπικουρέω, ἐπικουρῶ, ἐπωφελέω, προσαρκέω, προσωφελέω, συμφέρω, χραισμέω, χραισμῶ, ὠφελέω, ὠφελῶ; Haitian Creole: ede; Hawaiian: kōkua; Hebrew: עזר‎, סייע‎; Higaonon: tabang; Hiligaynon: abáng-ábang; Hindi: मदद करना; Hungarian: segít; Icelandic: hjálpa; Ido: helpar; Indonesian: bantu; Sundanese: bantos; Interlingua: adjutar, succurrer; Irish: cuidigh le, cabraigh le, tug cúnamh do; Italian: aiutare; Japanese: 助ける, 手伝う; Javanese: nulung; Kazakh: болысу, ермек ету, жәрдем беру, көмек көрсету, көмектесу; Khmer: ជួយ; Korean: 돕다; Kumyk: болушмакъ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: یارمەتی دان‎; Kyrgyz: жардам көрсөтүү, жардам кылуу, жардам берүү, көмөк берүү; Ladino: ayudar; Lao: ຊ່ອຍ, ຊ່ວຽ; Latin: adiuvo, adiuto, iuvo, auxilio, opitulor, suppetior, animo; Latvian: līdzēt, palīdzēt; Lingala: kosálisa; Lithuanian: padėti; Lombard: iuttà, vütà; Low German: helpen; Luxembourgish: hëllefen; Macedonian: помага; Malay: tolong, bantu; Mansaka: tabang; Maore Comorian: usaidia; Maori: āwhinatanga; Maranao: tabang, ogop; Nahuatl: palehuia; Navajo: bíká iishyeed; Neapolitan: ajutà; Nepali: मदत गर्नु; Ngazidja Comorian: usaidia, uɗiriki; Norman: aîdgi; North Frisian: heelpe, halep; Norwegian: hjelpe; Occitan: ajudar, aidar; Old English: helpan; Old Javanese: tuluṅ; Old Portuguese: ajudar; Oromo: gargaaruu; Ossetian: ӕххуыс кӕнын; Papiamentu: yuda; Persian: کمک کردن‎, یاری کردن‎; Polish: pomagać, pomóc; Portuguese: ajudar, socorrer; Quechua: yanapay, yanapai; Romanian: ajuta, asista; Romansch: gidar, güder, güdar; Russian: помогать, помочь; Saho: xate; Salar: bañna; Sardinian: agiadai, agiuare, agiudai; Campidanese: aggiudai; Logudorese: aggiudare, azudare; Sassarese: achidà, aggiuddà; Scottish Gaelic: cuidich; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: помагати, по̀моћи; Roman: pomágati, pòmoći; Shan: ၸွႆႈထႅမ်, ၸွႆႈ; Sicilian: ajutari; Sinhalese: උදව් කරනවා; Slovak: pomáhať, pomôcť; Slovene: pomagati; Southern Altai: болуш-; Spanish: ayudar; Swahili: kusaidia; Swedish: hjälpa; Tagalog: tumulong, tulungan; Tajik: ёри кардан, кумак кардан; Tamil: உதவு; Tatar: ярдәм итәргә, ярдәм күрсәтергә; Tetum: tulun; Thai: ช่วยเหลือ, ช่วย; Tok Pisin: helpim; Turkish: yardım etmek; Turkmen: kömekleşmek, ýardam etmek; Ukrainian: допомагати, допомогти, помагати, помогти; Urdu: مدد کرنا‎; Uyghur: ياردەملەشمەك‎, ياردەم بەرمەك‎; Uzbek: qarashmoq, yordam bermoq, yordamlashmoq; Venetian: jutar, giutar, agiutar, aidar, daidar, alturiar; Vietnamese: giúp, giúp đỡ; Welsh: helpu, cynorthwyo; West Frisian: helpe; Western Bukidnon Manobo: tavang, uɣup; Yiddish: העלפֿן‎; Yucatec Maya: áant