LogeionPerseus analysis of τροίην:
τρέω (flee from fear, flee away): pres opt act 1st sg
LSJ entry
τρέω
τρέω,
Hom. (v. infr.), A. Th. 790 (lyr.): Ep. impf. τρέον Hes. Sc. 213, 2
dual τρεέτην ib. 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 into ει:—
2. τρέσας (cf. ἀνδρῶν τρεσσάντων Il. 14.522,
Tyrt. 11.14)
was a technical term at Sparta, and sts. used where we might say runaway, 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 real Subst. was used in Com., τρεσᾶς,
τρεσᾶ, acc. τρεσᾶν, Eust. 772.12,
cf. Gramm. ap. Gaisford Choeroboscus 1p.43. 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.)