φόβος

See also: Φόβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέβομαι (phébomai) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰó.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.vos/

Noun

φόβος • (phóbos) m (genitive φόβου); second declension

fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic
The act of fleeing: flight, retreat
awe, reverence
That which causes fear: terror

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φόβος; τοῦ φόβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φόβος ho phóbos	τὼ φόβω tṑ phóbō	οἱ φόβοι hoi phóboi
Genitive	τοῦ φόβου toû phóbou	τοῖν φόβοιν toîn phóboin	τῶν φόβων tôn phóbōn
Dative	τῷ φόβῳ tôi phóbōi	τοῖν φόβοιν toîn phóboin	τοῖς φόβοις toîs phóbois
Accusative	τὸν φόβον tòn phóbon	τὼ φόβω tṑ phóbō	τοὺς φόβους toùs phóbous
Vocative	φόβε phóbe	φόβω phóbō	φόβοι phóboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: φόβος (fóvos)
English: -phobia, phobia

References

φόβος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φόβος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
φόβος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
φόβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
φόβος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
φόβος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G5401 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- affright idem, page 17.
- alarm idem, page 21.
- apprehension idem, page 36.
- awe idem, page 56.
- consternation idem, page 164.
- dismay idem, page 235.
- disquiet idem, page 238.
- dread idem, page 251.
- fear idem, page 312.
- fright idem, page 345.
- horror idem, page 406.
- intimidation idem, page 454.
- misgiving idem, page 534.
- nervousness idem, page 556.
- scare idem, page 737.
- shock idem, page 767.
- terror idem, page 863.
- timidity idem, page 876.
- trepidation idem, page 893.
- uneasiness idem, page 916.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos), ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun

φόβος • (fóvos) m (plural φόβοι)

fear
δεν έχει φόβο ― den échei fóvo ― don't be afraid
(literally: have not fear)
apprehension, awe
φόβος των θεών ― fóvos ton theón ― awe of the gods

Declension

declension of φόβος

	singular	plural
nominative	φόβος •	φόβοι •
genitive	φόβου •	φόβων •
accusative	φόβο •	φόβους •
vocative	φόβε •	φόβοι •

Synonyms

(awe): δέος n (déos)

Related terms

φοβία f (fovía, “phobia”)
φοβίζω (fovízo, “to frighten”)
φοβάμαι (fovámai, “to fear, to be frightened”)
φοβισμένος (fovisménos, “frightened”)
φοβερός (foverós, “frightful”)

φοβερά (foverá, “frightfully”)
φοβερό (foveró, “terrific!, awesome!”)
φοβέρα f (fovéra, “threat”)
φοβητσιάρης (fovitsiáris, “cowardly”)

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