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.
- καὶ δώσω αὐτοῖσ ὁδὸν ἑτέραν καὶ καρδίαν ἑτέραν φοβηθῆναί με πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ καὶ εἰσ ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ τέκνοισ αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 39:39)
- φοβηθῆναι οὐδὲ καταπλαγῆναί φασιν, εἰ ἐδύναντο τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὁμοίωσ πονοῦντεσ ἐκπορίζειν τὰ ἄλφιτα, νῦν δέ, πεπονηκέναι γὰρ αὐτοῖσ τὰ σώματα ἢ ὑπὸ γήρωσ ἢ ὑπὸ νόσων, ἐπὶ τήνδε ῥᾴστην οὖσαν τὴν μισθοφορὰν ἀπηντηκέναι. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 6:2)
- τὸ δὲ τὴν Καίσαροσ κατάλυσιν εἰσ νοῦν ἐμβαλέσθαι καὶ μὴ φοβηθῆναι τὴν δεινότητα καὶ δύναμιν καὶ τύχην, οὗ καὶ τοὔνομα τοὺσ Παρθυαίων καὶ Ἰνδῶν βασιλεῖσ οὐκ εἰά καθεύδειν, ὑπερφυοῦσ ἦν ψυχῆσ καὶ πρὸσ μηθὲν ὑφίεσθαι φόβῳ τοῦ φρονήματοσ δυναμένησ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Dion and Brutus, chapter 4 1:3)
- φρονίμου μὲν γάρ ἐστιν οἶμαι καὶ σώφρονοσ γνῶναι τὴν ἀξίαν ἑκάστου τῶν πραγμάτων, δικαίου δὲ τὰ πρέποντα καὶ ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἑτέροισ ἀποδοῦναι, ἀνδρείου δὲ μὴ φοβηθῆναι τἀληθὲσ εἰπεῖν· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 7:2)
- Μάκρον γὰρ ἐν Λιβύῃ διὰ Τρεβωνίου καὶ Φοντήϊον ἐν Γερμανίᾳ διὰ Οὐάλεντοσ ἀνελὼν πρόφασιν εἶχεν ἐν ὅπλοισ καί στρατοπέδοισ ὄντασ φοβηθῆναι. (Plutarch, Galba, chapter 15 1:2)
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
