φόβητρον
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A scarecrow, bugbear, terror, LXXIs.19.17: elsewh. always in pl. terrors, Hp.Morb.Sacr.1 (s.v.l.), Pl.Ax.367a, Ev.Luc.21.11; Τισιφόνης τὰ φ., prob. tragic masks of the Furies, AP11.189 (Lucill.).