φέβομαι

phebomai

to be put to flight, flee in terror

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 5 3
Chapter ?

5223
5232
5527
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8107
8342
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

11121
11178
11404
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12136
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15345
15622
Odyssey 1
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Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22299

Dictionary (LSJ)

φέβομαι, poet. Pass., only pres. and impf., A. = φοβέομαι, to be put to flight, flee in terror, οἱ δʼ ἐφέβοντο κατὰ μέγαρον Od. 22.299; ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα φέβοντο Il. 15.345; ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι 8.107; αἴ κε φέβωμαι πληθὺν ταρβήσας 11.404; μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδὲ φέβοντο 5.527; ὑπʼ Ἀργείοισι φέβοντο 11.121; πεδίονδε φέβεσθαι A.R. 3.1345: c. acc., flee from, φεβώμεθα Τυδέος υἱόν Il. 5.232. (Cf. φόβος, φοβέω, φοβερός, Lith. bègti ‘run’.)

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