Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτύρομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτύρομαι

Structure: πτύρ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be scared or frightened

Examples

  • δεξαμένησ δὲ τῆσ βασιλίσσησ εὐρώστωσ τὴν ἔφοδον τῶν ἱππέων, καὶ τῶν κατεσκευασμένων ἐλεφάντων πρὸ τῆσ φάλαγγοσ ἐν ἴσοισ διαστήμασι τεταγμένων, συνέβαινε πτύρεσθαι τοὺσ τῶν Ἰνδῶν ἵππουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 19 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be scared or frightened

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

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