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1 Λάμια
A a fabulous monster said to feed on man's flesh, a bugbear to frighten children with, Ar.V. 1177, Duris 17 J., etc.II λάμια, ἡ, a fierce shark, Arist.HA 540b18, Gal.6.727, Plin.HN9.78; cf. λάμνα, λάμβαι. -
2 Μορμώ
A she-monster, bogey, dub. in Erinn. in PSI9.1090.51 + 11 (p. xii); used by nurses to frighten children, Luc.Philops.2: generally, bugbear,ἀπένεγκέ μου τὴν μορμόνα Ar.Ach. 582
; (both times of Lamachus' helmet and crest); φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς πελταστάς, ὥσπερ μορμόνας (- ῶνας codd.)παιδάρια X.HG4.4.17
.II as an exclamation to frighten children with, boh!,μορμώ, δάκνει ἵππος Theoc.15.40
; μορμὼ τοῦ θράσους a fig for his courage!, Ar.Eq. 693. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. formido, where f is due to dissimilation, cf. μορφή, μύρμηξ.) -
3 προσείω
A hold out and shake, π. χεῖρα shake it threateningly, E.HF 1218; προσείειν ἀνασείειν τε [τὸν πλόκαμον] wave it up and down, Id.Ba. 930;π. γυμνὰ τὰ ξίφη Ael.VH12.23
; θαλλὸν π. wave a bough before cattle, so as to lead them on, Pl.Phdr. 230d;π. θήρατρα τοῖς ὄρνισι Ael.NA1.29
; and metaph., π. Σειρῆνας, αὐλητρίδας, hold them out as a bait, ib.17.22, Ep.16; π. φόβον hold a thing out as a bugbear, Th.6.86, cf. Ael.Fr.22.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προσείω
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4 φόβητρον
φόβ-ητρον, 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.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > φόβητρον
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5 Ἀλφιτώ
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