τάρβος

A. alarm, terror, Il. 24.152, S. OT 296, etc.; περίφοβόν μ’ 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 1), 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.)