Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φοβητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φοβητέος φοβητέον

Structure: φοβητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fobe/omai의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must fear
  2. to be feared

Examples

  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ οὐδ’ ἐκεῖνα φοβητέα, δείσαντα τὴν δόξασαν ἂν γίγνεσθαι σμικρολογίαν, ἄν τισ προστάττῃ πάντα ὁπόσ’ ἂν σκεύη κτῶνται, μηδὲν ἄμετρον αὐτῶν ἐᾶν εἶναι, καὶ κοινῷ λόγῳ νομίσαντα πρὸσ πάντα εἶναι χρησίμουσ τὰσ τῶν ἀριθμῶν διανομὰσ καὶ ποικίλσεισ, ὅσα τε αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖσ ποικίλλονται καὶ ὅσα ἐν μήκεσι καὶ ἐν βάθεσι ποικίλματα, καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐν φθόγγοισ καὶ κινήσεσι ταῖσ τε κατὰ τὴν εὐθυπορίαν τῆσ ἄνω καὶ κάτω φορᾶσ καὶ τῆσ κύκλῳ περιφορᾶσ· (Plato, Laws, book 5 145:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must fear

  2. to be feared

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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