τάρβος

tarbos

alarm, terror

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4388
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21288
Book 24 3
Chapter ?

24152
24171
24181
Odyssey 1
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

751

Dictionary (LSJ)

τάρβος, εος, τό, A. alarm, terror, Il. 24.152, S. OT 296, etc.; περίφοβόν μʼ ἔχει τ. A. Supp. 736 (lyr.); ἐν χρόνῳ ἀποφθίνει τὸ τ. Id. Ag. 858; ἀμφὶ τάρβει Id. Ch. 547; ζωπυροῦσι τ. folld. by acc. of persons feared (cf. δέος I), Id. Th. 290 (lyr.). 2. awe, reverence, τινος for one, Id. Pers. 696 (lyr.). II. an object of alarm, a fear or alarm, ἔχεις τι θάρσος τοῦδε τοῦ τάρβους πέρι; S. El. 412; πόλει τάρβος ἦσθα E. Ba. 1310.--Poet. word, rare in Prose, as Aret. SD 1.6, Plu. 2.666b. (Cf. Skt. tarjati ‘threaten’, Lat. torvus.)

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