flee from fear, flee away
τρέω, Hom. (v. infr.), A. Th. 790 (lyr.): Ep.
impf.
A.
τρέον
Hes. Sc. 213
,2 dual τρεέτηνib. 171 :aor.
ἔτρεσα
Il. 11.745
, Ep.
τρέσσα
17.603
: later Ep.
pres. τρείω
Opp. C. 1.417 , (ὑπο-) Timo 58.4 :—this Verb is never contracted, except when the contraction is intoει:—flee from fear, flee away( Aristarch. held this to be the usual meaning in Homer), τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλάς
Il. 5.256
; μήτε . . τρέε μήτε τι τάρβει
21.288
; τρέσσε δὲ παπτήνας
11.546
, 17.603 ;τρεῖτ' ἄσπετονib. 332 : the sense offleeingis most apparent in the phrases ἔτρεσαν ἄλλυδις ἄλλος
11.745
, τρέσσαν δ' ἄλλυδις ἄλλη
Od. 6.138
, τ. τεῖχος ὕπο
Il. 22.143
; τρεέτην
Hes. Sc. 171
; μὴ τρέσητε
A. Supp. 711
;μὴ τρέσαςwithoutfear,
Id. Th. 436 ; οὐδὲν τρέσας
Pl. Phd. 117b
; but,
2. τρέσας(cf. ἀνδρῶν τρεσσάντων
Il. 14.522
, Tyrt. 11.14 ) was a technical term at Sparta, and sts. used where we might sayrunaway, coward,
ὁ τρέσας Ἀριστόδημος
Hdt. 7.231
, cf. Tyrt.l.c., AP 7.230 ( Eryc. ); οἱ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ καταδειλιάσαντες, οὓς αὐτοὶ τρέσαντας ὀνομάζουσι
Plu. Ages. 30
, cf. Lyc. 21 , 2.191c , etc.:—and later a realSubst.was used in Com.,τρεσᾶς,τρεσᾶ,acc.τρεσᾶν,
Eust. 772.12 , cf. Gramm. ap. Gaisford Choeroboscus 1p.43 .
3. in Argive Prose,like
Att.
φεύγω, to be banished,
τρἐτο̄ καὶ δαμευέσσθο̄
IG 4.554
(vi/v B. C.).
II. trans.,fear, dread, be afraid of,c. acc., Il. 11.554 , Pi. Pae. 4.40 , A. Th. 397 , Ag. 549 , al., S. Ant. 1042 , E. Ph. 1077 ; ἄρκτον . . οὐκ ἔτρεσεν
X. An. 1.9.6
:—so also c. gen.,κελάδοιο, δηϊοτῆτος,
Hes. Th. 850 :τ. μὴ. . A. Th. 790 (lyr.).— Rare in Prose. (Cf. Skt.trásati'to be terrified', Gr.ἄτρεστος.)
