φέβομαι

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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.bo.mai̯/ → /ˈɸe.βo.mɛ/ → /ˈfe.vo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.bo.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.bo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.βo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.vo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.vo.me/

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

• φοβέομαι (phobéomai)

Further reading

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