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ταρβέω

tarbeo

to be frightened, alarmed

Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ταρβέω, Boeot. τάρβειμι Hdn.Gr.2.930: (τάρβος):—intr., A. to be frightened, alarmed, Il. 2.268, al.; θάρσεο . . φρεσί, μηδέ τι τάρβει Il. 24.171, cf. 21.288, Od. 7.51, 18.331; οὐδέ τι θυμῷ ταρβεῖ οὐδὲ φοβεῖται nor feels fear, neither turns to flight, Il. 21.575, cf.E. Ph. 361; τὼ μὲν ταρβήσαντε καὶ αἰδομένω βασιλῆα στήτην Il. 1.331; πῶς δʼ οὐχὶ ταρβεῖς τοιάδʼ ἐκρίπτων ἔπη; A. Pr. 932, cf. 898 (lyr.), Pers. 685; τὸ ταρβοῦν a state of fear, E. Or. 312; μή με ταρβήσας προδῷς from fear, S. Ph. 757; ταρβήσασʼ ἔχω Id. Tr. 37; τεταρβηκώς fearstricken, E. IA 857 (troch.); τ. φόβῳ S. Tr. 176, E. HF 971; τ. μὴ . . Od. 16.179, S. OT 1011, Tr. 297, etc.; τ. ἀμφʼ αὐτῷ μή . . A.R. 3.459; τ. εἰπεῖν E. Ba. 775. II. c. acc., fear, dread, ταρβήσας χαλκόν Il. 6.469; πληθύν 11.405; τίς κέ σʼ ἔτʼ ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν ταρβήσειεν 17.586, cf. A. Pr. 960, Th. 35, S. Tr. 723, Theoc. 21.62, etc. 2. stand in awe of, revere, σέβας, χρησμούς, A. Eu. 700,714, cf. S. OC 292.-- Poet. word, rare in Prose, as Epicur. Ep. 3p.62U., Pl. Ax. 370a, Plu. Ant. 39.
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