σοβῆσαι

σοβέω

scare away: aor inf act

σοβέω

scare away: aor inf act

ψηνύξαι· ξύσαι, σοβῆσαι, Suid.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to scare away, to chase away', intr. `to walk in a pompous way, to strut' (Att. hell. a. late), pass. `to be agitated' (late).

Other forms: Aor. σοβῆσαι, fut. σοβήσω, perf. σεσόβηκα, pass. σεσόβημαι.

Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἀπο-.

Derivatives: Few direct derivv.: σόβ-ησις f. `violent movement' (Plu.), - ητρον n. `fly whisk' (Ph. v. l.), ἀποσόβ-ημα, - ησις, - ητής, - ητήριος, - ητικός (sch. a. o.). Backformation σόβη f. `horse's, bull's tail' (Hippiatr., sch., Suid.), more usual μυ(ι)ο-σόβη `fly whisk' (Delos since III^a, Men. a. o.). On itself stands σοβαρός `blowing along violently' (of the wind a. o.), usually `haughty, proud' (Att.), prob. from σοβέω after the numerous adj. in - αρός; diff. Benveniste Origines 33: old r: n-variation with σεμνός (s. v.); improbable. F. σοβάς `boisterous, scabrous' (Eup., Ph.), `kind of dance' (Ath.); also Σόβοι = Σάτυροι (Ulp.)

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Causative or iterative-intensive to σέβομαι; s. v. This eems not very probable semant..

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