θαμβέω
thambeo
to be astounded
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θαμβέω, A. to be astounded, οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες θάμβησαν Il. 8.77, cf. 5.84; οἱ δʼ ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἐθάμβεον Od. 4.638, etc.; καὐτὸς τεθάμβηκʼ Ant. 1246; ἐθάμβησεν δὲ πᾶς . . ὅμιλος Ion 1205. 2. c. acc., to be astonished at, θάμβησαν δʼ ὄρνιθας Od. 2.155, cf. 16.178; τὸν ἐθάμβεον Ἄρτεμίς τε καὶ Ἀθάνα N. 3.50; τέρας δʼ ἐθάμβουν Supp. 570 (lyr.): in late Prose, Aem. 34. II. later also causal, alarm, 2 Ki. 22.5; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος PMag.Par. 1.237:—Pass., to be astounded, 1.27, POxy. 654.7, PMag. Leid.W.11.39; τεθαμβημένος astounded, Brut. 20; διά τινος Caes.[45].
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