βοηθέω
βοηθ-έω (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.
βοηθήσω Michel 12.15 (Erythrae, iv B. C.); Dor.
βοᾱθοέω SIG 421.27 (Thermon); Aeol.
βᾱθόημι (q. v.):— Med., fut.
2). abs.,
come to the rescue,
Hdt. 1.30 ,
7.158 ,
A. Supp. 613 , etc.;
β. παρά τινα Hdt. 9.57 ;
ἐπί τινα against one,
Id. 1.62 ,
4.125 ,
Th. 1.126 , etc.;
β. ἐς ..
Hdt. 6.103 ;
ἐπὶ ..
Th. 3.97 ,
4.72 ;
ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς Id. 8.11 ;
ἐκεῖσε D. 4.41 ;
β. πρός τι contribute to an object, 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 .. ,
Thphr. HP 9.20.1 ; freq. in
Dsc. as
β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι 4.83 .
3). 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 ( v.l.
ἐβοηθήθην )
; ἵν’ ὦ βεβοηθημένη PRyl. 122.12 (ii A. D.); esp. 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 .
ShortDef
to come to aid, to succour, assist, aid
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
βοηθέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βοηθεω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-20214
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βοηθ-έω</span> (sts. written <span class="foreign greek">βοιηθέω</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.237 </span> (iv B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1007.12 </span> (iii B. C.)), Ion. <span class="orth greek">βωθέω</span>, only <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> <span class="foreign greek">βωθέοντες</span>, not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (but cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:812:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:812.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 812.59 </a>) or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span></span>, cf. <span class="quote greek">βοηθήσω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Michel</span> 12.15 </span> (Erythrae, iv B. C.); Dor. <span class="orth greek">βοᾱθοέω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 421.27 </span> (Thermon); Aeol. <span class="orth greek">βᾱθόημι</span> (q. v.):— Med., fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:1:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:1.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1.128 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come to aid, succour, assist, aid</span>, c. dat., <span class="quote greek">τῇ σφετέρῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.82 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῖσιν ἠδικημένοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 79 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τοὺς αὑτῶν ψιλούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 1.2.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὶ ἀντία τινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.99 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄναντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.8.38 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ναυσὶ β. τινί πολιορκουμένῳ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6:22/canonical-url/"> 1.6.22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">β. τοῖς φίλοις τὰ δίκαια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:6:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:6:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.6.25 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">β. τοῖς τῶν προγ<*>/νων ἀτυχήμασιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.169 </a>; <span class="quote greek">β. τῷ λόγῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:88e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:88e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 88e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">β. τῷ θεῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">maintain</span> his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rights</span>, Epist. Philipp. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.157 </a>; <span class="quote greek">β. τοῖς νόμοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.33 </a> : c. dat. et acc., <span class="quote greek">πατρὶ βοηθῶν θάνατον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:874c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:874c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 874c </a> ; of a physician, <span class="quote greek">β. τῷ θερμῷ ἐπὶ τὸ ψυχρόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VM</span> 13 </a> : abs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 19 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come to the rescue</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.158/canonical-url/"> 7.158 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:613" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:613/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 613 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">β. παρά τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.57 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπί τινα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.62 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.125/canonical-url/"> 4.125 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.126 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">β. ἐς</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.103 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.97 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.72/canonical-url/"> 4.72 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκεῖσε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.41 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">β. πρός τι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contribute</span> to an object, v. l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1155a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1155a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1155a14 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1079b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1079b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1079b16 </a>, or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keep</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">off</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg037:474b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg037:474b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Resp.</span> 474b24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:621a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:621a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 621a13 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χρήμασι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with</span> money, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1130a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1130a.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1130a19 </a>: Medic., <span class="foreign greek">βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is an antidote</span> to .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:20:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:20:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.20.1 </a>; freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> </span> as <span class="quote greek">β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι</span> <span class="bibl"> 4.83 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be assisted, receive help</span>, <span class="quote greek">παρά τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1383b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1383b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1383b28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βοηθήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg056:11:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg056:11.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Da.</span> 11.34 </a> , but <span class="quote greek">βοηθηθήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:44:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:44.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 44.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐβοήθην</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:10:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:10.3/canonical-url/"> 10.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg016:26:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg016:26.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ch.</span> 26.15 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ἐβοηθήθην</span> ) <span class="quote greek">; ἵν’ ὦ βεβοηθημένη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 122.12 </span> (ii A. D.); esp. of patients, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">derive benefit</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.82 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.687f </span>: impers., <span class="quote greek">ἐμοὶ βεβοήθηται τῷ τεθνεῶτι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ταύτῃ μοι βεβοηθημένον ἐγεγόνει φιλοσοφίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:347e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:347e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 347e </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}