A.hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms, Il.13.477; β. ἅρμα a chariot hasting to the battle, 17.481.
II. aiding, helping, Pi.N.7.33, B.Fr.34:—Subst., helper, prob. Id.12.103, Theoc.22.23, Call.Del.27:—in Prose βοηθός , όν, assisting, auxiliary, “νῆες” Th.1.45: c. dat., “ὁ τοῖς νόμοις β.” Lys.Fr.53.1; freq. as Subst., assistant, Hdt.5.77, 6.100, Antipho 1.2, Pl.R.566b, al.; “τῆς ἐπιτροπῆς” BGU1047iii 11 (ii A. D.); “τοῦ στρατηγοῦ” POxy.1469.10 (iii A. D.), etc.