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.
- ὅμωσ δὲ ὁρ́α εἰ κατ̓ ὀλίγον αὐτοῦ διήνεγκα, ὃσ νέοσ ὢν ἔτι παρελθὼν ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τεταραγμένην κατέσχον καὶ τοὺσ φονέασ τοῦ πατρὸσ μετῆλθον, κᾆτα φοβήσασ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τῇ Θηβαίων ἀπωλείᾳ στρατηγόσ τε ὑπ̓ αὐτῶν χειροτονηθεὶσ οὐκ ἠξίωσα τὴν Μακεδόνων ἀρχὴν περιέπων ἀγαπᾶν ἄρχειν ὁπόσων ὁ πατὴρ κατέλιπεν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν ἐπινοήσασ τὴν γῆν καὶ δεινὸν ἡγησάμενοσ, εἰ μὴ ἁπάντων κρατήσαιμι, ὀλίγουσ ἄγων ἐσέβαλον ἐσ τὴν Ἀσίαν, καὶ ἐπί τε Γρανικῷ ἐκράτησα μεγάλῃ μάχῃ καὶ τὴν Λυδίαν λαβὼν καὶ Ιὠνίαν καὶ Φρυγίαν καὶ ὅλωσ τὰ ἐν ποσὶν ἀεὶ χειρούμενοσ ἦλθον ἐπὶ Ἰσσόν, ἔνθα Δαρεῖοσ ὑπέμεινε μυριάδασ πολλὰσ στρατοῦ ἄγων. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 11:3)
- ὁ δ’ ἐξαίφνησ ἐπιπεσὼν οὐ προαισθομένῳ καὶ φοβήσασ ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ στρατηγῷ τὸ στρατόπεδον· (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 6 2:1)
- καὶ τοὺσ μὲν ἱππεῖσ ἀπὸ τῆσ διώξεωσ ἀνεκαλεῖτο, πρῶτοσ δ’ αὐτὸσ ἀντέστη τοῖσ Ἀτροπατηνοῖσ κατ’ αὐτὸν οὖσι μετὰ τῶν ἀρίστων, καὶ πρὶν εἰσ χεῖρασ ἐλθεῖν φοβήσασ ἐτρέψατο. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 31 7:1)
- τὸν δὲ Προμηθέα, σοφιστήν τινα, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, καταλαβὼν ὑπὸ δόξησ ἀπολλύμενον, νῦν μὲν οἰδοῦντοσ αὐτῷ καὶ αὔξοντοσ τοῦ ἥπατοσ, ὁπότε ἐπαινοῖτο, πάλιν δὲ φθίνοντοσ, ὁπότε ψέγοιεν αὐτόν,ἐλεήσασ καὶ φοβήσασ ἔπαυσε τοῦ τύφου καὶ τῆσ φιλονικίασ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 40:1)
- ταῦτ’ εἰπὼν αὐτίκα συνέβαλεν, οὐκ ἐπελπίσασ, ὥσπερ ἕτεροι, τὸν στρατόν, ἀλλὰ φοβήσασ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 8 2:2)
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
