τρέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τρέω
ἔτρεσα
Structure:
τρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: this Verb is never contracted, except when the contraction is into ei
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.
- γλυκεῖα δὲ φρὴν καὶ συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν μελισσᾶν ἀμείβεται τρητὸν πόνον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 6 6:3)
- ἐπεὶ δ’ ὑπάλυξεν ἀνίην, αὐτῆμαρ τοῖον μῆχοσ ἐπεφράσατο τρητὸν γὰρ θεμένα χερὶ κόσκινον, εὖ διὰ πυκνῶν σχοίνων ἠελίουσ πλείονασ ηὐγάσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 291 1:1)
- διέτριβε δὲ μάλιστα μεταξὺ Μυκηνῶν καὶ Νεμέασ περὶ ὄροσ τὸ καλούμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότοσ Τρητόν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 11 3:3)
- ἀνελθοῦσι δὲ ἐσ τὸν Τρητὸν καὶ αὖθισ τὴν ἐσ Ἄργοσ ἰοῦσίν ἐστι Μυκηνῶν ἐρείπια ἐν ἀριστερᾷ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 7:1)
- μετὰ δὲ τὴν τῶν Μαυρουσίων γῆν ἡ τῶν Μασαισυλίων ἐστίν, ἀπὸ τοῦ Μολοχὰθ ποταμοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν λαμβάνουσα, τελευτῶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄκραν, ἣ καλεῖται [Τρητόν], ὁρ́ιον τῆσ τε Μασαισύλων καὶ τῆσ Μασυλιέων γῆσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 18:1)
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)
