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 μέγασ ὁ εὑρὼν σοφίαν. ἀλλ̓ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τὸν φοβούμενον τὸν Κύριον. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 25:10)
- ἀνάγκη τοίνυν εἰσ μυρία διαιρεθῆναι τότε, τοῖσ μὲν ἀντεξεταζομένοισ φθονοῦντα, ‐ τίθει γὰρ καὶ ἄλλουσ εἶναι τῶν αὐτῶν ἀντιποιουμένουσ ‐ αὐτὸν δὲ πάντα ἐνδεῶσ εἰρηκέναι νομίζοντα, φοβούμενον δὲ καὶ ἐλπίζοντα καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἐκείνου πρόσωπον ἀτενίζοντα καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκφαυλίζοι τι τῶν λεγομένων, ἀπολλύμενον, εἰ δὲ μειδιῶν ἀκούοι, γεγηθότα καὶ εὐέλπιν καθιστάμενον. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 11:9)
- ταῦτ’ οὖν φοβοῦμαι καὶ δι’ αἰσχύνησ ἔχω, κοὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπωσ οὐ χρὴ συνεκπνεῦσαί μέ σοι καὶ σὺν σφαγῆναι καὶ πυρωθῆναι δέμασ, φίλον γεγῶτα καὶ φοβούμενον ψόγον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 1:20)
- θυμῷ δ’ οὐκ ἂν ἐπιτάξειασ ἡσυχίαν οὐδὲ πένθει σιωπήν, οὔτε φοβούμενον στῆναι πείσειασ, οὔτε δυσφοροῦντα μετανοίᾳ μὴ βοῆσαι μηδὲ τῶν τριχῶν λαβέσθαι ἢ τὸν μηρὸν ἀλοῆσαι, οὕτω καὶ πυρόσ ἐστιν ἡ κακία καὶ σιδήρου βιαιοτέρα. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 2 2:1)
- οὔτε φοβούμενον στῆναι πείσειασ, οὔτε δυσφοροῦντα μετανοίᾳ μὴ βοῆσαι μηδὲ τῶν τριχῶν λαβέσθαι ἢ τὸν μηρὸν κροῦσαι. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 2 4:2)
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
