# φόβος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos, from *bʰegʷ- (“to run, flee”). See φέβομαι (phébomai, “to flee”) for more.

### Pronunciation

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

#### Descendants

* Greek: φόβος (fóvos)
* Mariupol Greek: фо́вус (fóvus), фо́вос (fóvos)
* English: -phobia, phobia
* Esperanto: fobio

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φόβος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1582

### Further reading

* “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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* 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

Inherited from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (“to run, to flee”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfo.vos/
* Hyphenation: φό‧βος

### Noun

φόβος • (fóvos) m (plural φόβοι)
* fear
    μην έχεις φόβο ― min écheis fóvo ― don't be afraid (literally, “don't have fear”)
* apprehension, awe
    φόβος των θεών ― fóvos ton theón ― awe of the gods

#### Synonyms

* (awe): δέος n (déos)

#### Related terms

* φοβάμαι (fovámai, “to fear, to be frightened”)
* φοβερά (foverá, “frightfully”)
* φοβέρα f (fovéra, “threat”)
* φοβερό (foveró, “terrific!, awesome!”)
* φοβερός (foverós, “frightful”)
* φοβητσιάρης (fovitsiáris, “cowardly”)
* φοβία f (fovía, “phobia”)
* φοβίζω (fovízo, “to frighten”)
* φοβισμένος (fovisménos, “frightened”)

### Further reading

* φόβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$