awe

From LSJ

τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

P. and V. φοβεῖν, ἐκφοβεῖν; see frighten.

substantive

sanctity: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ, Ar. and V. σέβας, τό.

reverence: V. αἰδώς, ὁ, σέβας, τό, P. and V. εὐσέβεια, ἡ.

fear: P. and V. φόβος, ὁ, δέος, τό, φρίκη, ἡ (Plato, and Euripides, Troades 1026); see fear.

object of awe: Ar. and V. σέβας, τό.

view with awe: P. and V. σέβειν (acc.), σέβεσθαι (acc.), Ar. and V. σεβίζειν; see fear, respect.