Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰégʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷeti, from *bʰegʷ-. Cognates include Sanskrit अभिभजते (abhibhajate), Lithuanian bė́gti, Proto-Slavic *běgati (to flee, run), Albanian boj, and perhaps Tocharian A pkänt.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

φέβομαι (phébomai)

  1. (poetic) to be put to flight, to flee

Inflection edit

This verb can function as the passive counterpart to φοβέω (phobéō).

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