păvĕo — Lewis & Short
păvĕo, pāvi (
I part. pres. gen. plur. paventūm, Ov. M. 14, 412), 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with pavio].
I Neutr., to be struck with fear or terror, to tremble or quake with fear, to be afraid, be terrified (perh. not used by Cic.; not in Cæs.;
syn.: tremo, trepido, timeo, metuo): nam et intus paveo et foris formido,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20:
mihi paveo,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 10:
ne pave,id. Am. 5, 1, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 21:
quaeres, quando iterum paveas,Hor. S. 2, 7, 69:
paventes ad omnia,Liv. 5, 42, 4:
repente Maurus incerto vultu pavens ad Sullam accurrit,in great fear, Sall. J. 106, 2; Ov. M. 8, 89:
admiratione paventibus cunctis,seized with astonishment, Liv. 7, 34, 7; cf.:
speque metuque pavent,Ov. F. 3, 362:
in alieno discrimine sibi pavens, ne adlevasse videretur,Tac. H. 2, 63; cf.
venae,id. ib. 5, 6:
hoc sermone pavent,i. e. express their fears, Juv. 6, 189.—With prepp. (eccl. Lat.):
pavete ad sanctuarium meum,Vulg. Lev. 26, 2; cf. id. Deut. 31, 6:
pavens pro arcā Dei,id. 1 Reg. 4, 13:
pavebit a facie consilii Domini,id. Isa. 19, 17; cf. id. ib. 30, 31;
31, 4: super quo pavet anima,id. Ezech. 24, 21.—
II Act., to fear, dread, be terrified at:
et illud paveo et hoc formido,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 59;
so with a general object: ad hoc mulieres . . . miserari parvos liberos, rogitare, omnia pavere,Sall. C. 31, 3: noctem paventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:
quis Parthum paveat, quis gelidum Scythen?Hor. C. 4, 5, 25:
ut pavet acres Agna lupos capreaeque leones!id. Epod. 12, 25:
tristiorem casum,Tac. H. 1, 29:
mores alicujus,id. ib. 1, 50:
saturam serpentibus ibin,Juv. 15, 3:
mortem,Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54:
funera,Hor. C. 4, 14, 49:
(Castanea) pavet novitatem,Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 149.—Pass. (in Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104, read batuerentur):
nec pedibus tantum pavendas serpentes,Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85.—Perh. here too belongs: paveri frumenta dicebant antiqui, quae de vaginā non bene exibant, Fest. p 251 and 253 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.—
(b) With inf. (poet.):
pavetque Laedere jactatis maternas ossibus umbras,Ov. M. 1, 386:
nec illae numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,Tac. G. 7.