πτήσσω
Non-contract Verb;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πτήσσω
Structure:
πτήσς
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: cf. katapth/ssw
Sense
- to frighten, scare, alarm
- to crouch or cower down for fear, to flee cowering to
- to crouch
- to crouch for fear of
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.
- τοιοῦδε πατρόσ, ὦ κάκιστα θηρίων, οὗ πόλλ’ ἐφ’ ἥβησ μνήματ’ ἀνδρείασ ὕπο κεῖται παρ’ οἴκοισ νυμφικοῖσ ἠσκημένα, οὐκ εἰσ φυγὴν κλίνοντοσ, οὐ δουλουμένου, οὐδὲ ψόφοισι τῶν ὀρειτρόφων βοτῶν πτήσσοντοσ, ἀλλ’ ακμαῖσιν ἐξειργασμένου ἃ νῦν ὑφ’ ὑμῶν λάμπρ’ ὑπορρυπαίνεται ψόφῳ νεώρει κόλακι ποιμένων ποθέν, ὃν δὴ φοβεῖσθε παῖδεσ ὣσ πρὶν εἰσιδεῖν, πλοῦτον δὲ χρυσόφαντον ἐξαφίετε, ὃν Φοῖβοσ ὑμῖν εἶπε κἀνεδέξατο, καὶ τὴν ἐλευθέρωσιν ἣν κατῄνεσεν ὑμῖν τε κἀμοί· (Sophocles, Ichneutae 12:4)
- γενομένησ δὲ βουλῆσ καὶ τοῦ Κάτωνοσ οὐχ, ὥσπερ εἰώθει, τῷ Μετέλλῳ σφοδρῶσ ἐμπεσόντοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπιεικῆ πολλὰ καὶ μέτρια παραινέσαντοσ, τέλοσ δὲ καὶ πρὸσ δεήσεισ τραπομένου καὶ τὴν Μετέλλων οἰκίαν ἀεὶ γενομένην ἀριστοκρατικὴν ἐπαινέσαντοσ, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐξαρθεὶσ καὶ καταφρονήσασ ὁ Μέτελλοσ ὡσ ἐνδιδόντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ πτήσσοντοσ εἰσ ὑπερηφάνουσ ἀπειλὰσ καὶ λόγουσ θρασεῖσ ἐξέπεσεν, ὡσ βίᾳ πάντα τῆσ βουλῆσ διαπραξόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 26 3:1)
Synonyms
-
to frighten
-
to crouch or cower down for fear
- πτώσσω (to crouch or cower from fear, flee cowering, fly cowering)
- καταπτήσσω (to crouch down, to lie crouching or cowering)
- ὑποπτήσσω (to crouch or cower beneath)
- τρέω (to flee from fear)
-
to crouch
-
to crouch for fear of
Derived
- ἐκπτήσσω (to scare out of)
- καταπτήσσω (to crouch down, to lie crouching or cowering, to cower beneath)
- προσπτήσσω (to crouch or cower towards, verging towards)
- ὑποπτήσσω (to crouch or cower beneath, to crouch before, bow down to)
