Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταρβόσυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταρβόσυνος ταρβόσυνη ταρβόσυνον

Structure: ταρβοσυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. affrighted or affrighting

Examples

  • ποτίφατον κλύουσα πάταγον ἀνάμιγα ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ τάνδ’ ἐσ ἀκρόπτολιν, τίμιον ἕδοσ, ἱκόμαν. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 31)
  • βὰν δ’ ἴμεναι διὰ δῶμα, λύθεν δ’ ὑπὸ γυῖα ἑκάστησ ταρβοσύνῃ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 55:2)

Synonyms

  1. affrighted or affrighting

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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