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.
- οὐ φοβησόμεθα, ἄνδρεσ ἀδελφοί, τὰ βασανιστήρια καὶ λογιούμεθα τὰσ τῶν βασάνων ἀπειλὰσ καὶ φευξόμεθα τὴν κενοδοξίαν ταύτην καὶ ὀλεθροφόρον ἀλαζονείαν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:19)
- "φοβησόμεθα γὰρ τὰ αἰσχρὰ καὶ τιμήσομεν ἐπὶ τῷ καλῷ δικαιοσύνην, θεοὺσ ἄρχοντασ ἀγαθοὺσ καὶ δαίμονασ ἔχειν τοῦ βίου φύλακασ ἡγούμενοι καὶ τὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ καὶ ὑπὸ γῆν χρυσὸν ἀρετῆσ ἀντάξιον μὴ τιθέμενοι καὶ ποιοῦντεσ ἑκουσίωσ διὰ τὸν λόγον, φησι,Ξενοκράτησ, ἃ νῦν ἄκοντεσ διὰ τὸν νόμον. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 30 1:3)
- ἀναμνησθῶμεν δὴ τόδε, ὅτι δύ’ ἔφαμεν ἡμῶν ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ δεῖν θεραπεύεσθαι, τὸ μὲν ὅπωσ ὅτι μάλιστα θαρρήσομεν, τὸ δὲ τοὐναντίον ὅτι μάλιστα φοβησόμεθα. (Plato, Laws, book 1 150:4)
- μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ φοβησόμεθα μή τι μίασμα ᾖ πρὸσ ἱερὸν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκείων φέρειν, ἐὰν μή τι δὴ ὁ θεὸσ ἄλλο λέγῃ. (Plato, Republic, book 5 499:1)
- ἔπειτα εἰ φοβησόμεθα οὓσ ἂν εὖ ποιῶμεν, τίσι θαρρήσομεν; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 15:12)
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