φόβος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φόβος
φόβου
Structure:
φοβ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic
- The act of fleeing: flight, retreat
- awe, reverence
- That which causes fear: terror
Declension
Second declension
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.
- ἢν γοῦν τοὺσ βασιλέασ αὐτῶν ἴδῃ τισ, οἵπερ εὐδαιμονέστατοι εἶναι δοκοῦσιν, ἔξω τοῦ ἀβεβαίου ὡσ φὴσ καὶ ^ ἀμφιβόλου τῆσ τύχησ, πλείω τῶν ἡδέων τὰ ἀνιαρὰ εὑρήσει προσόντα αὐτοῖσ, φόβουσ καὶ ταραχὰσ καὶ μίση καὶ ἐπιβουλὰσ καὶ ὀργὰσ καὶ κολακείασ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 18:2)
- τοὺσ φόβουσ καὶ τὰ δείματα καὶ ὑποψίασ καὶ μῖσοσ τὸ παρὰ τῶν συνόντων καὶ ἐπιβουλάσ, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ὕπνον τε ὀλίγον, ἐπιπόλαιον κἀκεῖνον, καὶ ταραχῆσ μεστὰ ὀνείρατα καὶ ἐννοίασ πολυπλόκουσ καὶ ἐλπίδασ ἀεὶ πονηράσ, ἢ τὴν ἀσχολίαν καὶ χρηματισμοὺσ καὶ δίκασ καὶ ἐκστρατείασ καὶ προστάγματα καὶ συνθήματα καὶ λογισμούσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 25:5)
- σκαιόν γε τἀνάλωμα τῆσ γλώσσησ τόδε, φόβουσ πονηροὺσ καὶ κενοὺσ δεδοικέναι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 4:30)
- εἰ γοῦν ἠπίστασθε τοὺσ φόβουσ καὶ τὰσ μερίμνασ ἃσ ἔχουσι, πάνυ ἂν ὑμῖν φευκτέον ὁ πλοῦτοσ ἔδοξεν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 2 2:4)
- ὑπὲρ ὧν ἁπάντων οὗτοι πόνουσ πόνων διαδόχουσ ποιούμενοι, καὶ τοῖσ καθ’ ἡμέραν κινδύνοισ τοὺ<σ> εἰσ τὴν ἅπαντα χρόνον φόβουσ τῶν πολιτῶν καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων παραιρούμενοι, τὸ ζῆν ἀνήλωσαν εἰσ τὸ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ καλῶσ ζῆν. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 26:1)
Synonyms
-
fear
-
The act of fleeing
- φυγή (flight, retreat, escape)
-
awe
-
That which causes fear
