φοβερός, ά, όν,
(φόβος) fearful, whether active or passive:
__I active, causing fear, terrible, χρηστήρια φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 127 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 78 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ὅμιλος πλήθει -ώτατος formidable only from numbers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.98 (but τὰ τῷ πλήθει φ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] things which are fearful to the multitude, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67e): with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, φ. ἰδεῖν, φ. προσιδέσθαι, fearful to behold, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 27 (_anapaest meter_), 48 (_anapaest meter_); φ. εἰσιδεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 127 (Lyric poetry); φ. προσπολεμῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.22; φ. Πολυδεύκεα πὺξ ἐρεθίζειν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 regarded with fear, especially with respect to consequences, οὔτε ὅρκος φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵππος φ. μὴ ἀνήκεστόν τι ποιήσῃ a horse that makes one fear he will do some mischief, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 6.15; σεμνότερος εἶναι καὶ φοβερώτερος δοκεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.18; φοβεροὶ ἦσαν μὴ ποιήσειαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.2; τοῖς πολεμίοις φοβερώτεροι [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 4.11, compare “Ages.” 11.10 (_superlative_): τριήρης φοβερὸν πολεμίοις [prev. author] “Oec.” 8.8; τὸ πρὸ τῶν λυπηρῶν [προσδόκημα] φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 32c; φοβερώτατον ἐρημία 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.9; τὸ φ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]terror, danger, [[ [prev. author] “Lac.” 9.1 ] Refs]; τῶν φοβερῶν ὄντων τῇ πόλει γενέσθαι the things which were dreaded as like ly to happen.., [[ [prev. author] “HG” 1.4.17 ] Refs]; φοβερόν [ἐστι] μὴ.. there is reason to dread that.., [[ [prev. author] “Hier.” 1.12, compare “Cyr.” 7.5.22 ] Refs]; ἀγγέλλεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ φοβερώτατον to be fearfully exaggerated, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.57. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]