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πτήσσω (ptēssō)

ptēssō

to alarm

G8979 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Koine Greek
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Definition

Definition

1. to frighten, scare, alarm , Lat. terrere, (Iliad by Homer)
2. intransitive to crouch or cower down for fear (compare πτώσσω), properly of animals, (Sophocles Tragicus); of men, (Pindar), attic; πτ. βωμὸν ὕπο (Euripides); also with accusative loci, πτ. βωμόν to flee cowering to the altar, (Euripides)
3. to crouch like a wild beast ready to spring, (Euripides);—;so of men in ambush, ὑπὸ τεύχεσι πεπτηῶτες (Odyssey by Homer)
4. with accusative rei, to crouch for fear of , ἀπειλάς (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)