μορμο-λύττομαι · mormo-lyttomai — LSJ
frighten, scare
frighten, scare, Ar. Av. 1245, Pl. Cri. 46c, Ph. 2.468; μ. τοὺς φίλους X. Smp. 4.27.
II fear, be afraid of
fear, be afraid of, τὸν θάνατον Pl. Ax. 364b.—Act. μορμολύττω is f. l. in Crates Com. 8.
The corpus record
μορμο-λύττομαι
mormoluttomai
frighten, scare
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- μορμολύττεσθαι · mormolyttesthai Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 931)
- μορμολύττηται · mormolyttētai Plato, Crito 46
- μορμολύττῃ · mormolyttēi Plato, Gorgias 473
- μορμολύττῃ · mormolyttēi Xenophon, Symposium 4.27 (DIORISIS sentence 324)
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