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 γάρ, ὡσ ὁ κωμικὸσ ἔφη, ἄγροικόσ εἰμι τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγων εἰ τοιαῦτά ἐστι τὰ ὑμέτερα, μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσασ ταῖσ ἐνταῦθα τιμαῖσ καὶ κνίσῃ καὶ ἱερείων αἵματι κάτειμι εἰσ τὸν Αἵδην, ὅπου με γυμνὸν τὸ τόξον ἔχοντα κἂν τὰ εἴδωλα φοβήσεται τῶν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ πεφονευμένων θηρίων. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 32:10)
- ἡ δὲ δεισιδαιμονία θεῶν ἀλλαγὴν οὐ δίδωσιν, οὐδ’ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν ὃν οὐ φοβήσεται θεὸν ὁ φοβούμενοσ τοὺσ πατρῴουσ καὶ γενεθλίουσ, ὁ φρίττων τοὺσ σωτῆρασ; (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 4 4:1)
- οὕτωσ οὖν ἀξίασ ἡγεμονικῆσ καὶ δυνάμεωσ ἀνδρὶ μετρίῳ καὶ ἀστείῳ προσούσησ, οὐκ ἀφέξεται τοῦ φιλεῖν καὶ ἀγαπᾶν οὐδὲ φοβήσεται τὸ αὐλικὸσ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ θεραπευτικόσ· (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 2 16:1)
- δεῖν φυλάξασθαι Δαισίου γὰρ οὐκ εἱώθεισαν οἱ βασιλεῖ τῶν Μακεδόνων ἐξάγειν τὴν στρατιάν, τοῦτο μὲν ἐπηνωρθώσατο κελεύσασ δεύτερον Ἀρτεμίσιον ἄγειν, τοῦ δὲ Παρμενίωνοσ, ὡσ ὀψὲ τῆσ ὡρ́ασ οὔσησ, οὐκ ἐῶντοσ ἀποκινδυνεύειν, εἰπὼν αἰσχύνεσθαι τόν Ἑλλήσποντον εἰ φοβήσεται τόν Γρανικὸν διαβεβηκὼσ ἐκεῖνον, ἐμβάλλει τῷ ῥεύματι σὺν ἴλαισ ἱππέων τρισκαίδεκα. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 16 2:1)
- φοβήσεται μὲν οὖν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, ὡσ δεῖ δὲ καὶ ὡσ ὁ λόγοσ ὑπομενεῖ τοῦ καλοῦ ἕνεκα· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 96:3)
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
