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σοβέω
σοβ-έω,
A). scare away birds, ἡμεῖς δὲ .., οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενὸς ἀνεπτόμεσθ’ Ar. Av. 34 ; ἐπειδὴ τουτονὶ σεσοβήκαμεν (just above he had been called στροῦθος) Id. V. 211 ; ς. τὰς ἀλεκτρυόνας Pl.Com. 20 ; οὐ σοβήσετ’ ἔξω τὰς ὄρνιθας ἀφ’ ἡμῶν; Men. 167 ; τέττιγας Arist. HA 556b14 ; μυίας Thphr. Char. 25.5 ; drive along, ὥσπερ αἰπόλιον .. αὐτοὺς τῇ ῥάβδῳ ς. Luc. Cat. 3 ; ἔχοντες ξύλα σοβοῦσι τὴν ὕλην they scare the wood (i.e. beat it so as to put up the birds), Arist. HA 620a35 .
2). generally, drive away, clear away, τὴν κόνιν X. Eq. 5.5 :— Pass., τὰς ἄλλας φροντίδας .. σεσοβῆσθαι Hp. Ep. 12 .
II). move rapidly or violently (cf. σοβαρός 1 and κυκλοσοβέω), ς. τὴν κύλικα push about the bottle, Philostr.Jun. Im. 3 .
2). metaph., ὁ παῖς σοβείτω τοῖς ποτηρίοις let him ply [the guests] with cups (cf. πατάσσω 11.2 ), Amphis 18 .
3). metaph. also in Pass., to be agitated, excited, Philostr. VS 1.21.5 ; σεσόβηται ἐρωτικῶς Id. Im. 1.8 ; γυνὴ σεσοβημένη 'forward' (of Opinion personified), Hp. Ep. 15 ; σεσοβημένος οἴστρῳ AP 6.219 (Antip.); σες. πρὸς δόξαν all in a fever for glory, Plu. Pomp. 29 ; σες. περί τι Ph. 1.131 ; ῥυθμὸς σες. hurried, wild, Longin. 41.1 ; σες. κίνησις Ph. 2.267 .
III). intr., walk in a pompous manner, strut, swagger, διὰ τῆς ἀγορᾶς σοβεῖ D. 21.158 ; σοβοῦντες ἐν ὄχλῳ προπομπῶν Plu. Sol. 27 ; μεθ’ ὅσης θεραπείας καὶ παρασκευῆς ἐσόβει Alciphr. 1.38 ; σόβει ἐς Ἄργος off with you! Luc. DDeor. 24.2 ; ς. παρὰ τὸν Δρύαντα Longus 3.29 . (Causative of σέβομαι, q.v.)


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to scare away

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σοβ-έω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scare away</span> birds, <span class="quote greek">ἡμεῖς δὲ .., οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενὸς ἀνεπτόμεσθ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειδὴ τουτονὶ σεσοβήκαμεν</span> (just above he had been called <span class="foreign greek">στροῦθος</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 211 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. τὰς ἀλεκτρυόνας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 20 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ σοβήσετ’ ἔξω τὰς ὄρνιθας ἀφ’ ἡμῶν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 167 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τέττιγας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:556b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:556b.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 556b14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μυίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:25:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:25.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Char.</span> 25.5 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drive along</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὥσπερ αἰπόλιον .. αὐτοὺς τῇ ῥάβδῳ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.</span> 3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔχοντες ξύλα σοβοῦσι τὴν ὕλην</span> they <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scare</span> the wood (i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beat</span> it so as to put up the birds), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:620a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:620a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 620a35 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drive away, clear away</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν κόνιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 5.5 </a> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἄλλας φροντίδας .. σεσοβῆσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 12 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">move rapidly</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">violently</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">σοβαρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a> and <span class="foreign greek">κυκλοσοβέω</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, ς. τὴν κύλικα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">push about</span> the bottle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.Jun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ὁ παῖς σοβείτω τοῖς ποτηρίοις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> him <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ply</span> [the guests] with cups (cf. <span class="quote greek">πατάσσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0404.tlg001:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0404.tlg001:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Amphis</span> 18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph. also in Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be agitated, excited</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:21:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:21:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> 1.21.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σεσόβηται ἐρωτικῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 1.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γυνὴ σεσοβημένη</span> \'forward\' (of Opinion personified), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 15 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σεσοβημένος οἴστρῳ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.219 </span> (Antip.); <span class="foreign greek">σες. πρὸς δόξαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all in a fever</span> for glory, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σες. περί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.131 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ῥυθμὸς σες</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hurried, wild</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 41.1 </span>; <span class="quote greek">σες. κίνησις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:267" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.267/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.267 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">walk in a pompous manner, strut, swagger</span>, <span class="quote greek">διὰ τῆς ἀγορᾶς σοβεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.158 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοβοῦντες ἐν ὄχλῳ προπομπῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μεθ’ ὅσης θεραπείας καὶ παρασκευῆς ἐσόβει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 1.38 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σόβει ἐς Ἄργος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">off with you!</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:24:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:24.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DDeor.</span> 24.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. παρὰ τὸν Δρύαντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0561.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0561.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longus</span> 3.29 </a> . (Causative of <span class="foreign greek">σέβομαι</span>, q.v.)</div> </div><br><br>'}