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.
- σίγησον, ὦ τάλαινα, μὴ φίλουσ φόβει. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode18)
- καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο, ὅπερ ἔφη ὁ ἀντίδικοσ, ὡσ ἄρα ἐπεγείρει ὁ καλὸσ οἶκοσ τὸν λέγοντα καὶ προθυμότερον παρασκευάζει, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τὸ ἐναντίον ποιεῖν ἐκπλήττει γὰρ καὶ φοβεῖ καὶ τὸν λογισμὸν διαταράττει καὶ δειλότερον ἐργάζεται ἐνθυμούμενον ὡσ ἁπάντων ἐστὶν αἴσχιστον ἐν εὐμόρφῳ χωρίῳ μὴ ὁμοίουσ φαίνεσθαι τοὺσ λόγουσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 17:1)
- καὶ ἐπὶ τοιούτοισ ἔργοισ οὔτε τοὺσ θεοὺσ φοβεῖ οὔτε ἐμὲ τὴν συνειδυῖαν αἰσχύνῃ οὔτε τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μέμνησαι, ἀλλὰ πάντασ ἡμᾶσ περὶ ἐλάττονοσ ποιεῖ χρημάτων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 25 8:3)
- φοβεῖ δὲ δὴ τί; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics1)
- οὐδὲν κακὸν ἐχούσησ ὕπαρ ἐξαπατῶσιν ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ δαπανῶσι καὶ ταράττουσιν, εἰσ ἀγύρτασ καὶ γόητασ ἐμπεσόντεσ λέγοντασ ἀλλ’ εἴτ’ ἔνυπνον φάντασμα φοβεῖ, χθονίασ θ’ Ἑκάτησ κῶμον ἐδέξω, τὴν περιμάκτριαν κάλει γραῦν καὶ βάπτισον σεαυτὸν εἰσ θάλασσαν καὶ καθίσασ ἐν τῇ γῇ διημέρευσον. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 3 11:1)
- "ἢ τὰ Κάρβωνοσ αὐτὸν φοβεῖ καὶ Καιπίωνοσ, οὓσ ἐνίκησαν οἱ πολέμιοι, πολὺ μὲν αὐτοὺσ τῆσ Μαρίου δόξησ καὶ ἀρετῆσ ἀποδέοντασ, πολὺ δὲ χείρονα στρατὸν ἄγοντασ; (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 16 4:4)
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
