panic (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Sudden fear1. *pănĭcus (qui dicitur) terror2. pure Lat. păvor3. terror (any serious alarm)II. A kind of grain • panic (subs.): I. Sudden fear: 1. *pănĭcus (qui dicitur) terror: v. Forcell. s. v. (Cic. writes the adj. as Gk.: scis enim dici quaedam πανικά, dici item τὰ κενὰ τοῦ πολέμου, i. e. empty panics: the Greeks ascribing such to Pan: so Hyg. Astr. 2, 28, [objecit] hostibus terrorem qui πανικὸς appellatur) Wyttenb. in Kr. 2. pure Lat. păvor: causeless p. seized the army of Alexander, Alexandri exercitum p. cujus causa non suberat, invasit, Curt. 4, 12, med.: they were all seized with such a p., tantus terror p.que omnes occupavit, Liv. 24, 40, med.: more strongly, velut lymphaticus p., id. 10, 28, med.: (a remedy) against p., contra formidines terroresque, Plin. 28, 8, 29. 3. terror (any serious alarm): such a sudden p. was caused, tantus repente t. invasit, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, init.: so, tantus terror incidit exercitui, ib. 3, 13: cf. supr. (1): v. alarm, terror. Phr.: they caused a p. in the Roman army by their extraordinary appearance, militem Romanum insueta turbaverunt specie, Liv. 7, 17, init. See also foll. art. II. A kind of grain: pănĭcum: Caes. B. C. 2, 22: Plin.