φέβομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰégʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷeti, from *bʰegʷ- (“to run away, flee”). Cognates include Sanskrit अभिभजते (abhibhajate), Lithuanian bė́gti, Proto-Slavic *běgati (“to flee, run”), Albanian boj, and perhaps Tocharian A pkänt.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

φέβομαι • (phébomai)

  1. (poetic) to be put to flight, to flee

Inflection

This verb can function as the passive counterpart to φοβέω (phobéō).

   Present: φέβομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative φέβομαι φέβῃ,
φέβει 		φέβεται φέβεσθον φέβεσθον φεβόμεθᾰ φέβεσθε φέβονται
subjunctive φέβωμαι φέβῃ φέβηται φέβησθον φέβησθον φεβώμεθᾰ φέβησθε φέβωνται
optative φεβοίμην φέβοιο φέβοιτο φέβοισθον φεβοίσθην φεβοίμεθᾰ φέβοισθε φέβοιντο
imperative   φέβου φεβέσθω φέβεσθον φεβέσθων   φέβεσθε φεβέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive φέβεσθαι
participle m φεβόμενος
f φεβομένη
n φεβόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐφεβόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐφεβόμην ἐφέβου ἐφέβετο ἐφέβεσθον ἐφεβέσθην ἐφεβόμεθᾰ ἐφέβεσθε ἐφέβοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: φεβόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative φεβόμην φέβου φέβετο φέβεσθον φεβέσθην φεβόμε(σ)θᾰ φέβεσθε φέβοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φέβομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1559

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