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.
- ὡσ δὲ ἴδον Στρατοκλῆ, κρατερὸν μήστωρα φόβοιο, τρίγλησ ἱπποδάμοιο κάρη μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχοντα, ἂψ δ’ ἑλόμην χάρμῃ, λαιμὸν δ’ ἄπληστον ἄμυξα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 7:2)
- οἱ δέ που ὀκρυόεντοσ ἀνέπνεον ἄρτι φόβοιο ἠέρα παπταίνοντεσ ὁμοῦ πέλαγόσ τε θαλάσσησ τῆλ’ ἀναπεπτάμενον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 9:51)
- λῆξεν δ’ ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 11:29)
- καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Αἰνείαν κατὰ τοῦτ’ ἐνεκωμίασε, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ φόβου ἐπιστήμην, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτὸν εἶναι μήστωρα φόβοιο. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 78:1)
- ὥσ Τρῶεσ καὶ Ἀχαιοὶ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισι θορόντεσ δῄουν, οὐδ’ ἕτεροι μνώοντ’ ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:7)
- ἢ οὐκ ἂν φοβοῖο ταῦτα; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 719:1)
- οὐκοῦν, ἦ δ’ ὅσ, τὰ δέκα τῶν ὀκτὼ δυοῖν πλείω εἶναι, καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν ὑπερβάλλειν, φοβοῖο ἂν λέγειν, ἀλλὰ μὴ πλήθει καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 721:1)
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
