ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΙ, υποδεισαι
YPODEISAI, ypodeisai
Sounds Like: hoo-po-DEY-sai
Translations: to fear, to be afraid, to be timid, to be apprehensive
From the root: ΥΠΟΔΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive form of a verb meaning 'to fear' or 'to be afraid'. It describes the action of becoming fearful or apprehensive. It can be used in contexts where someone is intimidated or has a sense of dread.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:236
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΔΕΙΔΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having been afraid, having feared, having shrunk back, having been terrified
- ΥΠΟΔΕΙΣΑΣ — having feared, being afraid, fearing, having been afraid
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