βοαθόος

βοᾱθόος, [dialect] Dor. for βοηθόος (q. v.); name of a Delphic month, SIG 672.78.

βοᾱθόος, βοηθόος

hasting to the cry for help: masc nom sg (doric)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `who brings help (in war)' (Il.; on the meaning Schulze Kl. Schr. 188).

Other forms: Dor. βοᾱθόος, att. and Hdt. βοηθός (s. below)

Derivatives: From this a denominative Aetol. βοᾱθοέω, (Lesb. βᾱθόημι), through hyphairesis (Schwyzer 252) Dor. βοᾱθέω, Att. and Hdt. βοηθέω `come to help on a cry, help' (cf. Kretschmer, Glotta 18, 96f.). - From βοαθόος bzw. βοηθό(ο)ς: Aetol. βοαθοΐα (\< *βοαθοϜία), Att. βοήθεια (rebuilt after the nouns in - ειᾰ [Schwyzer 469]) `help'. - From βοηθέω as reverse deriv. βοηθός (or constracted from βοηθόος, s. Schwyzer 469, Sommer Nominalkomp. 26 A. 4). βοήθησις `help' (Hp.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: βοηθόος from an expression like ( ἐπὶ) βοην θεῖν (s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 188). (The - ο- from *θοϜ-ο-?) - After βοηθέω, βοηθός were made the synonyms βοηδρομέω (Eur.) with the feast name βοηδρόμια pl. (D.; months name Βοηδρομιών, Βοηδρόμιος) and βοηδρόμος (E.; on the connection s. E. Kretschmer, Glotta 18, 1930, 96ff.).

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