Greek

Proper noun

Φόβος • ‎(Fóvos) m

1. (Greek mythology) Phobos (the Greek god of fear)
2. (astronomy) Phobos, Mars I (satellite of Mars)

Declension

External links

• Φόβος (μυθολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Φόβος (δορυφόρος) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Ancient Greek

Noun

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

1. fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic
2. The act of fleeing: flight, retreat
3. awe, reverence
4. That which causes fear: terror

Descendants

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

Inflection

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)

1. fear

   δεν έχει φόβο‎ ― den échei fóvo ― don't be afraid (literally: have not fear)

2. apprehension, awe

   φόβος των θεών‎ ― fóvos ton theón ― awe of the gods

Declension

Synonyms

• (awe): δέος n ‎(déos)

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