perplex Copy link Outline 1. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (to draw the mind in different directions)2. perh. sollicĭto, 13. expr. to be p.'d, by aestuo, 1 (to be in a state of excitement and doubt) • perplex: 1. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (to draw the mind in different directions): I am p.'d: first this and then that appearing more probable to me, distrahor: quum hoc mihi probabilius tum illud videtur, Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 134: Tiberius was p.'d by doubtful care, Tiberium anceps cura distrahere, Tac. A. 2, 40. 2. perh. sollicĭto, 1: v. to disquiet. 3. expr. to be p.'d, by aestuo, 1 (to be in a state of excitement and doubt): to be p.'d by doubt, dubitatione aestuare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, 74: the mind is p.'d between the two, anceps inter utrumque aestuat animus, Quint. 10, 7, extr. See also, to confuse, disturb.