φόβητρον
From LSJ
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1294] τό, Schreckmittel, Plat. Ax. 367 a; Schreckbild, Scheusal, τὰ φόβητρα Τισιφόνης, vielleicht Masken, Lucill. 81 (XI, 183).
