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ἔμφοβος

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Full diacritics: ἔμφοβος Medium diacritics: ἔμφοβος Low diacritics: έμφοβος Capitals: ΕΜΦΟΒΟΣ
Transliteration A: émphobos Transliteration B: emphobos Transliteration C: emfovos Beta Code: e)/mfobos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A terrible, θεαί S.OC39.    II Pass., in fear, timorous, ὕπειξις τῆς ψυχῆς Thphr.Char.25.1; terrified, frightened, LXX Si.19.24, Ev.Luc.24.5, al., Bull.Soc.Alex.6.45. Adv. -βως Hsch. s.v. ὀρρωδέως.

German (Pape)

[Seite 820] 1) in Furcht stehend, gefürchtet, Soph. O. C. 39. – 2) in Furcht, furchtsam, LXX.; gottesfürchtig, K. S. – Adv., Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἔμφοβος: -ον, ὁ ἐμποιῶν φόβον, Λατ. formidolosus, αἱ γὰρ ἔμφοβοι θεαὶ σφ’ ἔχουσι Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 39. ΙΙ. παθ., ὁ ἐν φόβῳ, πεφοβημένος, ἔντρομος, Ἑβδ. (Σειρὰχ ΙΘ΄, 24). - Ἐπίρρ. -βως, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξει ὀρρωδέως.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui inspire la crainte, terrible.
Étymologie: ἐν, φόβος.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
I 1asustado, temeroso, sobrecogido al ver a un león, Aesop.49.2, cf. Vett.Val.58.2
del temor reverencial ante la divinidad y lo sobrenatural, esp. jud.-crist. ἔμφοβοι γενομένοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν aterrados, creían ver un espíritu, Eu.Luc.24.37, cf. Apoc.11.13, Act.Ap.10.4, 24.25, Eus.M.22.996C, κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔ. es preferible el corto de inteligencia que teme (a Dios) LXX Si.19.24, cf. Suppl.Mag.46.13, ἀσεβῶν καταπιπτόντων, δίκαιοι ἔμφοβοι γίνονται cuando los impíos tropiezan, los justos temen Basil.Ep.22.3 (p.57), μετὰ χαρᾶς ἔμφοβοι Cyr.H.Catech.14.13, ἦθος MAMA 8.321.7 (Iconion, crist.).
2 aterrorizante, terrible θεαί de las Euménides, S.OC 39, σεμνὸν δὲ δὴ ἢ ἔμφοβον τί ἐν τούτοις; de unas estatuas, Philostr.VA 6.19, cf. Iambl.Protr.20 (p.129).
II adv. -ως con temor, reverencialmente ante la divinidad o Dios οὗ οἱ δαίμονες ἀκούσαντες τοῦ ὀνόματος ἔ. φοβοῦνται Suppl.Mag.47.13, ταῖς ἁγίαις γραφαῖς ... ἐ. ἀκολουθεῖν Eus.Marcell.2.19 (p.125), cf. Ath.Al.Syn.23.10, Basil.M.30.776A.

English (Strong)

from ἐν and φόβος; in fear, i.e. alarmed: affrighted, afraid, tremble.

English (Thayer)

(see ἐν, III:3), ἐμφοβον,(φόβος), thrown into fear, terrified, affrighted: ); Theophrastus, char. 25 (24), 1; (inspiring fear, terrible, Sophocles O. C. 39.)