βοηθοìς
From G995 and θεìω theō (to run)
θέω
(A), also θείω, Il. 6.507, 10.437 (in Att. the syllables εο, εου, εω are not contr.); subj. θέῃσι 22.23; 3 sg. impf. ἔθει Od. 12.407 and later, ἔθεε Il. 1.483, Hdt. 1.43 (and in later Prose, D.S. 16.94); θέε Il. 20.275, Hes. Sc. 224; Ion. impf. θέεσκον Il. 20.229: fut. θεύσομαι 23.623, Ar. Eq. 485, Av. 205, (ὑπο-) Pi. P. 2.84, (ἀντι-) Hdt. 5.22, (μετα-) X. Cyn. 6.22; θεύσω Lyc. 1119: aor. 1 ἔθευσα (δι-) Vett.Val. 345.35, part. θεύσας IGRom. 4.1740 (Cyme): -
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1.the other tenses are supplied by τρέχω and Δρέμω: (θεϝ-, Skt. dhávate): - run, ποσί, πόδεσσι, Od. 8.247, Il. 23.623; βῆ δὲ θέειν 17.698; θέῃσι τιταινόμενος πεδίοιο 22.23; ποῖθεῖς; Ar. V. 854; θᾶττον θανάτου θεῖ [ἡ πονηρία ] Pl. Ap. 39b; ὁ βραδέως θέων Id. Hp.Mi. 373d; of horses, Id. Cra. 423a; ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ θεόντων ἵππων Id. Lg. 822b: in part. with another Verb, ἦλθε θέων, ἦλθε θέουσα, came running, Il. 6.54, 394, etc.; ἷξε θέων, of a person on ship-board, Od. 3.288; θέων Αἴαντα κάλεσσον run and call him, Il. 12.343, etc.
2. περὶ τρίποδος γὰρ ἔμελλον θεύσεσθαι to run for a tripod, 11.701: metaph. (cf. τρέχω 11.2), περὶ ψυχῆς θέον Ἕκτορος they were running for Hector’s life, 22.161; θ. περὶ ὑμέων αὐτῶν Hdt. 8.140. ά; θ. [τον] περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον ib. 74; περὶ γυναικῶν καὶ παίδων Paus. 6.18.3.
3. metaph., θ. ἐς νόσους Pl. Lg. 691c; θ. ἐγγύτατα ὀλέθρου Id. R. 417b; θεῖν παρὰ τὸν ἔσχατον κίνδυνον Plu. Fab. 26.
II of other kinds of motion, as,
1 of birds, θεύσονται δρόμῳ Ar. Av. 205.
2. of things, run; of ships, ἡ δ’ ἔθεεν κατὰ κῦμα Il. 1.483, cf. X. HG 6.2.29; of a potter’s wheel, Il. 18.601; of a rolling stone, 13.141; of a quoit, ῥίμφα θέων ἀπὸ χειρός flying lightly.., Od. 8.193.
3. metaph., δύναμις θαυμαστὴ ἐκεῖ θεῖ Plot. 2.9.8, cf. 6.5.11.
III of things not actually in motion, [ φλὲψ] ἀνὰ νῶτα θέουσα διαμπερές Il. 13.547; ἄντυξ ἣ πυμάτη θέεν ἀσπίδος 6.118; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν κίβισις θέε Hes. Sc. 224; γραμμῆς περὶ [σημεῖον] θεούσης Plot. 6.5.11. c. acc. loci, run over, τὰ ὄρη X. Cyn. 4.6, cf. 5.17; μέσσα θέων πελάγευς AP 7.273 (Leon.), cf. 10.23 (Autom.); πλωτῶν γένος ὑγρὰ θεόντων Opp. H. 3.183. - The simple Verb is used in Trag. only by E. Ion 1217.