Included with: βοηθ-όος,
Doric dialect βοᾱ-, ον, (βοή, θέω, compare βοη-δρόμος) hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.477 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; β. ἅρμα a chariot hasting to the battle, [[ 17.481. ] Refs]
__II aiding, helping, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.33, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 34] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— substantive, helper, probably [[ [prev. author] 12.103, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.23, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 27 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—in Prose βοηθός, όν, assisting, auxiliary, νῆες [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.45: with _dative_, ὁ τοῖς νόμοις β. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 53.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently as substantive, assistant, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77, 6.100, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566b, +others; τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς “BGU” 1047iii 11 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ στρατηγοῦ [[ “POxy.” 1469.10 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]