τρέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tréhō, from Proto-Indo-European *tres-. Cognates include Latin terreō, Old Irish tarrach, and Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). Compare τρέμω (trémō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τρέω (tréō)

  1. to flee from fear
    1. (aorist participle, substantive) runaway, coward (compare τρεσᾶς (tresâs), τρεσᾶ (tresâ))
  2. to fear, dread, be afraid of

Inflection

This verb is not contracted, except when the contraction is into ει.

Further reading

  • τρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • τρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τρέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter