δειμαίνω

English (LSJ)

only pres. and impf. (Ep.

   A δειμαίνεσκε Q.S.2.439):— to be afraid, h.Ap.404, Hdt.3.51, etc., S.OC492, Pl.R.330c, etc.; δ. περὶ ἑωυτῷ, ὑπέρ τινος, Hdt.3.35, 8.140.β'; ἀμφί τινι S.OC492; ἐπί τινι Jul.Or.2.82a:—Pass., to be frightened, Q.S.2.499.    2 folld. by a relat. clause with μή .., Thgn.541, Hdt.1.165, S.Tr.481.    3 c. inf., Mosch.3.56, Opp.H.5.320.    4 c. acc., fear, τὴν Περσέων δύναμιν Hdt.1.159; πάντα δ. A.Pers.600, cf. Pr.41: c. acc. cogn., δεῖμ' ὃ δειμαίνεις E.Andr.868.

German (Pape)

[Seite 537] 1) sich fürchten, in Angst sein, H. h. Apoll. 404; Her. 3, 51; Plat. Rep. I, 330 e u. öfter; τί, vor etwas, Aesch. Suppl. 70; vgl. Her. 1, 159; περί τινι 8, 99; ὑπέρ τινος 8, 140; ἀμφὶ σοί Soph. O. C. 492; sequ. μή Her. 1, 165; Theocr. 27, 21; – c. inf. Eur. Rhes. 933; Mosch. 3, 56; – πόντος δειμαίνει Anyte 5; vgl. Antp. Sid. 55 (IX, 143). – 2) in Schrecken setzen, Aesch. Pers. 592 Eum. 494. So pass., Qu. Sm. 2, 499.