πτήσσω
ptēssōVerbG8979
to alarm
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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)
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