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Πᾱνῐκός

*panikos

of, for Pan, panic, groundless

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What it meant

Πᾱνῐκός · Panikos — LSJ

of, for Pan

of or for Pan, πηγή Luc. Bacch. 6.

II panic, groundless, panic, canard, startling and baseless rumour

of fears, panic, groundless, π. δεῖμα J. BJ 5.2.5; πανικόν, τό, panic, π. ἐμπεσόντος αὐτοῖς Plb. 20.6.12; πανικῷ περιπεσόντες Id. 5.96.3: pl. πανικά D.H. 5.16; also θόρυβος ὁ καλούμενος π. D.S. 14.32; π. τάραχος Plu. Caes. 43, Onos. 41.2, cf. Plu. Isid. 2.356d, Corn. ND 27, Polyaen. 1.2, Sch. E. Rh. 36: hence πανικόν, a canard, startling and baseless rumour, Cic. Att. 14.3.1, 16.1.4; cf. πάνειον.

Where it came from

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