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τρομέω

tromeo

tremble, quake, quiver

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

τρομέω, A. like τρέμω, tremble, quake, quiver, esp. from fear, οἱ δὲ μάλʼ ἐτρόμεον καὶ ἐδείδισαν Il. 7.151; τρομέουσι δέ τε φρένα ναῦται 15.627; τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντός 10.10: c. inf., fear to do, Theoc. 27.29, 31; τρομεῦσιν μὴ κακῶς ἀκούσωσι Call. Iamb. 1.328: simply, quiver, τρόμεσκε δὲ πάντʼ ἀπὸ τοῖο (sc. Βορέαο) Hes. Fr. 96.89, cf. Q.S. 12.506, Orph. L. 560. II. c. acc., tremble before or at a person, stand in awe of, τόν τε τρομέουσι καὶ ἄλλοι Il. 17.203; τοῦτόν γε τρομέεις καὶ δείδιας Od. 18.80; θάνατον τρομέεσθαι 16.446, etc.—With and without acc. Hom. uses both Act. and Med., but only in pres. and impf.; Ep. and Ion. τρομεοίατο for τρομέοιντο, Il. 10.492; Ion. part., ἤθη δεσποτῶν τρομευμένους Sol. 36.12.—Poet. word, used in trans. sense by A. Pr. 542 (lyr., Act.), Pers. 64 (anap., Med.); but never by S. or E.: aor. ἐτρόμησα only late, LXX 1 Ma. 2.24 (v.l. ἐτρόμασαν), POxy. 416.10 (iii A. D.).
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