ἀρωγή

A. aid, succour, Ζηνὸς ἀρωγῇ Il. 4.408; ἐς μέσον . . δικάσσατε μηδ’ ἐπ’ ἀρωγῇ judge impartially and not in any one's favour, ib.23.574; πέμπειν ἀ. A. Ch. 477 (lyr.); οὐδ’ ἔχων ἀ. S. Ph. 856 (lyr.); in parody of A., Ar. Ra. 1267 sq.; ἀ.νόσου, πόνων, help against . . , Pl. Lg. 919c, Mx. 238a.

II. of persons, an aid, succour, διπλᾶς ἀρωγὰς μολεῖν, of Apollo and Artemis, S. OC 1094 (lyr.); στρατιῶτιν ἀ., of the Greek host, A. Ag. 47, cf. 73 (lyr.).—Poet. word, rare in Prose.