The corpus record — Latin

pavefacio

pavefacio · v. a

to frighten

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Where it lives

C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.39/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

păvĕ-făcĭo — Lewis & Short

păvĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factus, 3, v. a.paveo,

I to frighten, alarm, terrify (very rare): pavefacio, deilopoiw=, Gloss. Philox.; Ov. M. 13, 878: pavefacta pectora, id. ib. 15, 636: subito pavefactus, Suet. Aug. 99: fumo ac murmure pavefactus, id. Calig. 51; id. Ner. 48; Gell. 2, 29, 12; 5, 14, 20: pavefactus infans, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1022: fulgente ejus lumine pavefactus est, Ambros. in Psa. 118, 8, § 17: pavefecit, Aug. Qu. in Heptat. 7, 27.

In the wild

pauefacti Silius Italicus, Punica 6.178
pauefactus Suetonius, Divus Augustus 99.2
pauefactus Suetonius, Nero 48.2
pavefacta Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.314
pauefactus Suetonius, C. Caligula 51.1
pavefactaque Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.636

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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