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.
- ἐγὼ τοίνυν ἐν τῇδε τῇ πόλει ὅτε μὲν πλούσιοσ ἦν πρῶτον μὲν ἐφοβούμην μή τίσ μου τὴν οἰκίαν διορύξασ καὶ τὰ χρήματα λάβοι καὶ αὐτόν τί με κακὸν ἐργάσαιτο· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 31:1)
- εἰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι τινὲσ ἔμελλον περὶ ἐμοῦ διαγνώσεσθαι, σφόδρα ἂν ἐφοβούμην τὸν κίνδυνον, ὁρῶν ὅτι καὶ παρασκευαὶ καὶ τύχαι ἐνίοτε τοιαῦται γίγνονται, ὥστε πολλὰ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην ἀποβαίνειν τοῖσ κινδυνεύουσιν· (Lysias, Speeches, 3:1)
- καίτοι μηδενόσ γ’ ὄντοσ, Αἰσχίνη, δεινοῦ μηδ’ ἀδικήματοσ, ὡσ σὺ φῄσ, εἰ γὰρ αὖ ταῦτ’ ἐρεῖ, σκοπεῖτ’, ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, εἰ ἐφ’ οἷσ ὁ μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν ἀδικῶν ἐφοβούμην ἐγὼ μὴ διὰ τούτουσ ἀπόλωμαι, τί τούτουσ προσήκει παθεῖν τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ ἠδικηκότασ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 290:10)
- εἰ μὲν τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, σώφρονα καὶ μέτριον πρὸσ τἄλλα παρεσχηκὼσ αὑτὸν Μειδίασ καὶ μηδένα τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν ἠδικηκὼσ εἰσ ἔμ’ ἀσελγὴσ μόνον οὕτω καὶ βίαιοσ ἐγεγόνει, πρῶτον μὲν ἔγωγ’ ἀτύχημ’ ἂν ἐμαυτοῦ τοῦθ’ ἡγούμην, ἔπειτ’ ἐφοβούμην ἂν μὴ τὸν ἄλλον ἑαυτοῦ βίον οὗτοσ μέτριον δεικνύων καὶ φιλάνθρωπον διακρούσηται τούτῳ τὸ δίκην ὧν ἔμ’ ὕβρικεν δοῦναι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 171:1)
- καὶ εἰ μὴ συνῄδη Σωκράτει τε καὶ Ἀγάθωνι δεινοῖσ οὖσι περὶ τὰ ἐρωτικά, πάνυ ἂν ἐφοβούμην μὴ ἀπορήσωσι λόγων διὰ τὸ πολλὰ καὶ παντοδαπὰ εἰρῆσθαι· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 175:3)
Synonyms
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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
