φόβ-ητρον, τό,
scarecrow, bugbear, terror, [[ LXX.Isa.19.17 ] LXX]: elsewhere always in plural terrors, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a, NT.Luke.21.11 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; Τισιφόνης τὰ φ., probably tragic masks of the Furies, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.189 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]