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βοήθεια

boetheia

help, aid

Appears 70 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βοήθεια, ἡ (Dor. βοάθοια SIG 421.36 (Thermon)), A. help, aid, Th. 2.22, etc.; β. τῷ λόγῳ πρός τινα Pl. Prm. 128c; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων β. D. 56.15; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, Arist. PA 651b1, 652a32: nom.sg., as exclamation ‘help!’, Plb. 13.8.5: pl., Gorg. Pal. 33, D. 18.302, Arist. Rh. 1383a29; αἱ πρὸς εὔπλοιαν β. Ph. 2.46, cf. Act.Ap. 27.17. 2. medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. Plu. Alex. 19. II. force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. X. HG 7.1.20; νεῶν β. Th. 4.8: opp. regular forces, D. 4.32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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