φοβέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φοβέω
φοβήσω
ἐφόβησα
πεφόβημαι
ἐφοβήθην
Structure:
φοβέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- (Homeric) I put to flight
- I terrify, alarm
- I threaten
- (passive) I am frightened, I am in awe of, I dread
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- οἰκήσεισ αὐτοῖσ καὶ λυχνεῶνεσ ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ πεποίηντο, καὶ αὐτοὶ ὀνόματα εἶχον, ὥσπερ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ φωνὴν προϊεμένων ἠκούομεν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμᾶσ ἠδίκουν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ ξένια ἐκάλουν ἡμεῖσ ὅμωσ ἐφοβούμεθα, καὶ οὔτε δειπνῆσαι οὔτε ὑπνῶσαί τισ ἡμῶν ἐτόλμησεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 29:5)
- οἱ δὴ Δίωνοσ τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο πάντεσ φίλοι ἐφοβούμεθα μή τινα ἐπαιτιώμενοσ τιμωροῖτο ὡσ συναίτιον τῆσ Δίωνοσ ἐπιβουλῆσ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 39:2)
- εἰ μὲν οὖν μηδεπώποτε πρότερον ὁ δῆμοσ ὁ τῶν Ἀθηναίων εἰρήνην ἐποιήσατο πρὸσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ, εἰκότωσ ἂν ἐφοβούμεθα αὐτὸ διά τε τὴν ἀπειρίαν τοῦ ἔργου διά τε τὴν ἐκείνων ἀπιστίαν· (Andocides, Speeches, 4:1)
- οὐκοῦν τοσοῦτον μὲν ἡμῖν εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν πεπέρανται ‐ ὃ γὰρ ἐσμέν, ἐπιεικῶσ ὡμολόγηται ‐ ἐφοβούμεθα δὲ μὴ τούτου σφαλέντεσ λάθωμεν ἑτέρου τινὸσ ἐπιμελόμενοι ἀλλ’ οὐχ ἡμῶν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 177:4)
- εἰ δὲ μὴ τὸν θάνατον ἢ τὴν φυγὴν ἐφοβούμεθα, ἀλλὰ τὸν φόβον, ἐμελετῶμεν ἂν ἐκείνοισ μὴ περιπίπτειν ἃ φαίνεται ἡμῖν κακά. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 19:1)
Synonyms
-
I put to flight
- φέβομαι (I am put to flight, I flee)
- δίω (to drive away, chase, put to flight)
-
I threaten
-
I am frightened
