τρέω?
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration: treō
Principal Part:
τρέω
ἔτρεσα
Structure:
τρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: this Verb is never contracted, except when the contraction is into ει
Sense
- to flee from fear
- (aorist participle, substantive) runaway, coward (compare τρεσᾶς (tresâs), τρεσᾶ (tresâ))
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.
- σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἀκαρνάν, - ἔστενε γὰρ κἀκεῖνος καὶ κατηρᾶτο τῇ Μυρτίῳ - τί αἰτιᾷ τὸν Ἔρωτα, σεαυτὸν δέον, ὃς τοὺς μὲν πολεμίους οὐδεπώποτε ἔτρεσας, ἀλλὰ φιλοκινδύνως ἠγωνίζου πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ τυχόντος παιδισκαρίου καὶ δακρύων ἐπιπλάστων καὶ στεναγμῶν ἑάλως ὁ γενναῖος. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 13:3)
Synonyms
-
to flee from fear
Derived
- διατρέω (to flee all ways)
- παρατρέω (to start aside from fear)
- περιτρέω (to tremble round about, stood trembling round)
- ὑποτρέω (to tremble a little, to shrink back, give ground)