βοήθεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοηθέω (boēthéō), from βοηθόος (boēthóos, “heeding the call to arms, rushing to battle”, Homeric).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bo.ɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /boˈe̝.tʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βoˈi.θi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /voˈi.θi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /voˈi.θi.a/
Noun
βοήθειᾰ • (boḗtheia) f (genitive βοηθείᾱς); first declension
- aid, help, assistance
Declension
First declension of ἡ βοήθειᾰ; τῆς βοηθείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βοήθειᾰ hē boḗtheia | τὼ βοηθείᾱ tṑ boētheíā | αἱ βοήθειαι hai boḗtheiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βοηθείᾱς tês boētheíās | τοῖν βοηθείαιν toîn boētheíain | τῶν βοηθειῶν tôn boētheiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βοηθείᾳ têi boētheíāi | τοῖν βοηθείαιν toîn boētheíain | ταῖς βοηθείαις taîs boētheíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βοήθειᾰν tḕn boḗtheian | τὼ βοηθείᾱ tṑ boētheíā | τᾱ̀ς βοηθείᾱς tā̀s boētheíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βοήθειᾰ boḗtheia | βοηθείᾱ boētheíā | βοήθειαι boḗtheiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: βοήθεια (voḯtheia)
Further reading
- “βοήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βοήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βοήθεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βοήθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βοήθεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βοήθεια (boḗtheia, “help, aid, succour”).
Noun
βοήθεια • (voḯtheia) f (plural βοήθειες)
- help, assistance, aid, succour
- δίνω τη βοήθειά μου ― díno ti voḯtheiá mou ― I give my help
- η βοήθειά τους ήταν σημαντική ― i voḯtheiá tous ítan simantikí ― their aid was important
Declension
declension of βοήθεια
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | βοήθεια • | βοήθειες • |
genitive | βοήθειας • | βοηθειών • |
accusative | βοήθεια • | βοήθειες • |
vocative | βοήθεια • | βοήθειες • |
Related terms
- αλληλοβοήθεια f (allilovoḯtheia, “mutual aid”)
- βοήθημα n (voḯthima, “assistance, relief”)
- βοηθητικά (voïthitiká, “supplementally, helpfully”)
- βοηθητικός (voïthitikós, “ancillary, auxiliary”)
- βοηθός m or f (voïthós, “helper”)
- βοηθώ (voïthó, “to help”)
- πρώτες βοήθειες f pl (prótes voḯtheies, “first aid”)
- πρώτων βοηθειών f pl (próton voïtheión, “first aid kit”)
Interjection
βοήθεια • (voḯtheia)
- help
Further reading
- βοήθεια - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.