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.
- αὐτὸσ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἔσχε πάλιν ἀναστρέψασ συμμῖξαι τοῖσ πεζοῖσ τῶν ἐλεφάντων ἐν μέσῳ γενομένων, τὴν δὲ φάλαγγα γυμνὴν ἱππέων κατιδόντεσ οἱ περι Σέλευκον οὐκ ἐνέβαλον μέν, ὡσ δὲ ἐμβαλοῦντεσ ἐφόβουν καὶ περιήλαυνον, μεταβάλλεσθαι διδόντεσ αὐτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 29 3:2)
- ἐφόβουν θ’ οἱ προσηρτημένοι ταῖσ δέσμαισ τῶν ῥάβδων πελέκεισ, οὓσ ἔφερον οἱ προηγούμενοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἑκάστου δώδεκα ὄντεσ ἀναστέλλοντεσ ἐκ τῶν στενωπῶν πληγῖσ τὸν ὄχλον, ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλέων ἐγένετο πρότερον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 59 6:1)
- εἶπε δέ, ὡσ ἐψευδολόγουν φάσκων ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν τὰσ Θήβασ ἔσεσθαι ταπεινάσ, καὶ τοὺσ Εὐβοέασ ὡσ ἐφόβουν, προάγων εἰσ ἐλπίδασ κενὰσ ὑμᾶσ. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1191)
- αἱ μέντοι κάμηλοι ἐφόβουν μόνον τοὺσ ἵππουσ, οὐ μέντοι κατέκαινόν γε οἱ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν ἱππεῖσ, οὐδ’ αὐτοί γε ἀπέθνῃσκον ὑπὸ ἱππέων· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 60:1)
- Τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ τῶν πολεμίων ἑξακισχίλιοι ἀπ’ ἄκρων κατιόντεσ τῶν ὀρῶν εἰσ μάχην ἐφόβουν τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 576:1)
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
