φοβέω
Etym. φόβος
A. Act. "to put to flight", Lat. fugo, Il.
II. "to strike with fear, to terrify, frighten, alarm", Lat. terreo, Hdt., attic; πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν free from "alarm", Soph.; φοβήσαντες κατεστήσαντο τὴν πολιτείαν they established it "by terror", Plat.
B. Pass. and Mid. "to be put to flight, to flee affrighted, flee", Hom.; φοβηθείς "in flight", Il.; ὑπό τινος φοβέεσθαι "to flee" before him, id=Il.
II. "to be seized with fear, be affrighted, fear", Hdt., attic; φοβεῖσθαι εἴς or πρός τι "to be alarmed" at a thing, Soph.; ἀμφί τινι "to fear" about a thing, Hdt.; περί τινος Xen.; περί τινι Thuc., etc.:— φοβεῖσθαι μὴ.. "to fear" lest a thing will be, Lat. vereri ne.., Eur., etc.; so, φ. ὅπως μὴ.. Thuc.; so, φοβ. ὅτι.., ὡς.. "to fear that..", not like Lat. vereri ut.., id=Thuc., etc.:— φοβ. c. inf. "to fear to do, be afraid of" doing, Aesch., Trag.
2. c. acc. pers. "to stand in awe of, dread, fear", Soph., etc.: c. acc. rei, "to fear or fear about" a thing, id=Soph.