ἀβοήθ-ητος, ον,
admitting of no help, without remedy, incurable, of disease, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ; πάθος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.454d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wounds, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.5, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; fatal, of poisons, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.16.6] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἔχειν τὴν ἐπικουρίαν, unserviceable, useless, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.42; νὺξ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.481] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -τως[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Ther.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.122. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II of persons, helpless, [[ LXX.Psa.87(88).6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 24; γυνὴ χήρα καὶ ἀ. “BGU” 970.8 (2nd c.AD). ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__III active, unhelpful, ἀφιλανθρωπία -ήτους ποιεῖ[[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.68J.] Refs 1st c.BC+]