Ἀλφιτώ

English (LSJ)

οῦς, ἡ,

   A bugbear with which nurses frightened children, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.77.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀλφιτώ: -όος, συνῃρ. -οῦς, ἡ, ὅμοιον τῷ ἀκκώ, φάντασμα ἢ φόβητρον δι’ οὗ αἱ τροφοὶ συνείθιζον νὰ φοβίζωσι τὰ παιδία, Πλούτ. 2. 1040Β.