σοβέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tsogʷéyō, from Proto-Indo-European *tyogʷéyeti, from *tyegʷ- +‎ *-éyeti. See also σέβομαι (sébomai, to awe at).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σοβέω • (sobéō)

  1. to scare away
    1. to drive away
  2. to move quickly
    1. (passive voice, figurative) to be agitated, excited
  3. (intransitive) walk pompously, strut, swagger

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σοβέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1371

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