βοηθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Shortened form of βοηθόος (boēthóos, “hasting to the cry for help”), from βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “swift”, from θέω (théō, “run”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/ → /βo.iˈθos/ → /vo.iˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.e̝ˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.iˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/

Adjective

βοηθός • (boēthós) m or f (neuter βοηθόν); second declension

1. assisting, auxiliary

Declension

Second declension of βοηθός; βοηθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βοηθός boēthós	βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθοί boēthoí	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Genitive		βοηθοῦ boēthoû	βοηθοῦ boēthoû		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθῶν boēthôn	βοηθῶν boēthôn
Dative		βοηθῷ boēthôi	βοηθῷ boēthôi		βοηθοῖν boēthoîn	βοηθοῖν boēthoîn		βοηθοῖς boēthoîs	βοηθοῖς boēthoîs
Accusative		βοηθόν boēthón	βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθούς boēthoús	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Vocative		βοηθέ boēthé	βοηθόν boēthón		βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθώ boēthṓ		βοηθοί boēthoí	βοηθᾰ́ boēthá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βοηθῶς boēthôs			βοηθότερος boēthóteros			βοηθότᾰτος boēthótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

βοηθός • (boēthós) m (genitive βοηθοῦ); second declension

1. assistant, helper

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βοηθός; τοῦ βοηθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βοηθός ho boēthós	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	οἱ βοηθοί hoi boēthoí
Genitive	τοῦ βοηθοῦ toû boēthoû	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τῶν βοηθῶν tôn boēthôn
Dative	τῷ βοηθῷ tôi boēthôi	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τοῖς βοηθοῖς toîs boēthoîs
Accusative	τὸν βοηθόν tòn boēthón	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	τοὺς βοηθούς toùs boēthoús
Vocative	βοηθέ boēthé	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθοί boēthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• βοήθεια (boḗtheia) "help, aid"
• βοηθέω (boēthéō) "come to aid, succour, assist, aid"
• βοήθησις (boḗthēsis) "aid, succour"

Descendants

• Greek: βοηθός (voïthós)

References

• An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon (1882)
• Strongs Exhaustive Bible Concordance (1890)

Further reading

• “βοηθός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voi̯ˈθos/

Noun

βοηθός • (voïthós) m or f (plural βοηθοί)

1. helper, assistant

   Synonym: αρωγός (arogós)

Declension

Declension of βοηθός

	singular	plural
nominative	βοηθός (voïthós)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)
genitive	βοηθού (voïthoú)	βοηθών (voïthón)
accusative	βοηθό (voïthó)	βοηθούς (voïthoús)
vocative	βοηθέ (voïthé)	βοηθοί (voïthoí)

Related terms

• βοήθεια f (voḯtheia, “help”)
• αναξιόπιστος βοηθός m (anaxiópistos voïthós, “broken reed”)

Further reading

• βοηθός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language