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.
- ἐοίκα δ̓ ἐνταῦθα ἤδη γενόμενοσ εἰκότωσ ἄλλο τι φοβήσεσθαι, μή τισι δόξω ἐξεπίτηδεσ ἡμαρτηκέναι, ὡσ τὴν ἀπολογίαν ταύτην συγγράψαιμι. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 33:1)
- ", οὐ θεοποιόσ τισ ἀλλ’ ἀνθρωποποιὸσ ὤν, οὔποτε φοβήσομαι τὸν ἀνδριάντα Πελλίχου, ὃν οὐδὲ ζῶντα πάνυ ἐδεδίειν ἂν ἀπειλοῦντά μοι. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 18:15)
- 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)
- ἐγὼ δὲ τί ἂν ἔτι φοβοίμην σε ἅπαξ τεθνηκώσ; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:3)
- οὐδὲ Κλέων αὐτὸν φοβήσει μέγα ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ δυνάμενοσ καὶ κατέχων τὸ βῆμα, ὡσ μὴ εἰπεῖν ὅτι ὀλέθριοσ καὶ μανικὸσ ἄνθρωποσ οὗτοσ ἦν· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 38 1:3)
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