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|lshtext=<b>terror</b>: ōris, m. [[terreo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[great]] [[fear]], [[affright]], [[dread]], [[alarm]], [[terror]] (syn.: [[pavor]], [[trepidatio]], [[metus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: definiunt terrorem metum concutientem: ex quo [[fit]], ut pudorem [[rubor]], terrorem [[pallor]] et [[tremor]] et dentium [[crepitus]] consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: [[eadem]] nos [[formido]] timidas terrore impulit, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; cf.: terrorem alicui inicere, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: ferae, injecto terrore mortis horrescunt, id. Fin. 5, 11, 31: aliquem terrore periculoque mortis repellere, id. Caecin. 12, 33: si Antonio patuisset [[Gallia]] ... [[quantus]] rei publicae [[terror]] impenderet, id. Phil. 5, 13, 37: alicui terrorem inferre, id. Fam. 15, 15, 2; id. Mil. 26, 71; Caes. B. G. 7, 8: reddit inlatum [[antea]] terrorem, Liv. 3, 60, 5: teneri terrore, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41: esse terrori alicui, Caes. B. G. 7, 66: qui [[modo]] terrori fuerant, Liv. 34, 28, 5: [[tantus]] [[terror]] incidit exercitui, ut, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 13: [[tantus]] [[repente]] [[terror]] invasit, ut, etc., id. ib. 1, 14: Romanos auxiliares tyranni in terrorem ac tumultum conjecerunt, Liv. 34, 28, 3: sic terrore oblato a ducibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 76: [[tantum]] Romae terrorem fecere, ut, etc., Liv. 10, 2, 8: tantumque terrorem incussere patribus, ut, etc., id. 3, 4, 9: si [[tantus]] habet mentes et pectora [[terror]], Verg. A. 11, 357: volgi pectora [[terror]] habet, Ov. F. 3, 288: terrore pavens, id. ib. 4, 271: in [[oppido]] [[festinatio]] et [[ingens]] [[terror]] erat, ne, etc., Sall. H. 3, 27 Dietsch: ingentem [[Galli]] terrorem memoriā pristinae cladis attulerant, Liv. 6, 42, 7: [[terror]] nominis Alexandri invaserat orbem, Just. 12, 13, 2: [[arcanus]] [[terror]], [[secret]] [[dread]], [[secret]] [[awe]], Tac. G. 40 fin.: exsurgite, inquit, qui terrore meo occidistis [[prae]] metu, from [[dread]] of me, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 14; cf.: de terrore suo, Auct. B. Afr. 32, 1: [[saepe]] totius anni [[fructus]] uno rumore periculi [[atque]] uno belli terrore amittitur, [[dread]] or [[apprehension]] of [[war]], Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15: nullum terrorem externum esse, i. e. [[dread]] of [[foreign]] enemies, Liv. 3, 10, 14; cf.: [[peregrinus]] [[terror]], id. 3, 16, 4: [[terror]] [[servilis]], ne [[suus]] cuique domi [[hostis]] esset, [[dread]] of the slaves, id. 3, 16, 3: in omnem terrorem [[vultum]] componens, [[into]] [[frightful]] expressions, Suet. Calig. 50: (Periclis) vis dicendi terrorque, [[terrible]] [[power]], δεινὁτης, Cic. Brut. 11, 44. — Plur.: feri lugubresque terrores, Amm. 16, 12, 61. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., concr., an [[object]] of [[fear]] or [[dread]], a [[terror]] (usu. in plur.): duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis, Cic. Rep. 1, 47, 71; cf.: terrores reipublicae (sc. [[Carthago]] ac [[Numantia]]), Vell. 2, 4, 5: terrores Romani nominis, Treb. Poll. Claud. 11, 4; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15: non mediocres terrores jacit [[atque]] denuntiat, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; cf.: Battonius miros terrores ad me attulit Caesarianos, id. ib. 6, 8, 2.—Sing.: [[Xerxes]], [[terror]] [[ante]] gentium, Just. 3, 1, 1: [[Dionysius]] gentium [[quondam]] [[terror]], Amm. 14, 11, 30.
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