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φοβερός
φοβερός φοβερός, ά, όν φόβος fearful, whether act. or pass.: act. causing fear, dreadful, terrible, formidable, Hdt., Aesch., etc.; πλήθει φ. formidable only from numbers, Thuc.; c. inf., φ. ἰδεῖν, φ. προσιδέσθαι fearful to behold, Aesch., Eur.: τὸ ξύνηθες τοῖς πολίταις φοβερόν the terror habitual to the people, Thuc. matter for fear, regarded with fear, οὐδὲ ὅρκος φ. Thuc.; φοβεροὶ ἦσαν μὴ ποιήσειαν they gave cause for fear lest . . , Xen.; τὸ φ. terror, danger, Xen.; φοβερόν ἐστι μὴ . . there is reason to dread that . . , Xen. pass. feeling fear, afraid, timid, Soph., Thuc., etc. caused by fear, panic, Thuc.; φ. φροντίδες anxious thoughts, Plat. adv. -ρῶς, in both senses, Xen., etc.; comp., φοβερώτερον, Sup., -ώτατα, Xen.

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φοβερός φοβερός, ά, όν φόβος fearful, whether act. or pass.: act. causing fear, dreadful, terrible, formidable, Hdt., Aesch., etc.; πλήθει φ. formidable only from numbers, Thuc.; c. inf., φ. ἰδεῖν, φ. προσιδέσθαι fearful to behold, Aesch., Eur.: τὸ ξύνηθες τοῖς πολίταις φοβερόν the terror habitual to the people, Thuc. matter for fear, regarded with fear, οὐδὲ ὅρκος φ. Thuc.; φοβεροὶ ἦσαν μὴ ποιήσειαν they gave cause for fear lest . . , Xen.; τὸ φ. terror, danger, Xen.; φοβερόν ἐστι μὴ . . there is reason to dread that . . , Xen. pass. feeling fear, afraid, timid, Soph., Thuc., etc. caused by fear, panic, Thuc.; φ. φροντίδες anxious thoughts, Plat. adv. -ρῶς, in both senses, Xen., etc.; comp., φοβερώτερον, Sup., -ώτατα, Xen.
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35032
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35072
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fobero/s

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