terror Copy link Outline I. Great fear2. păvor (overpowering, bewildering fright)3. formīdo, ĭnis (a lasting t.)II. An object of dread1. terror2. terrĭcŭlum (that which affrights3. formīdo4. mĕtus, ūs (only poet. and rare) • terror: I. Great fear: terror (esp. fear accompanied by paleness and trembling): to be a t. to the foe, hostibus terrori esse, Liv. 26, 2: to strike t., t. injicere, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; inferre. id. Fam. 15. 15, 2; praebere, Liv. 26, 5; afferre, id. 26, 9. 2. păvor (overpowering, bewildering fright): t. seized all, terror p.que omnes occupavit, Liv. 24, 40, ad med. (the sing. verb is used because the two nouns express a single notion): to strike t., p. incutere, id. 27, 42: injicere, id. 26, 4: v. panic. 3. formīdo, ĭnis (a lasting t.): in order that t. might be more widely spread, quo latius f. cresceret, Sall. J. 55: to strike t., f. injicere, Cic. Verr. 3, 28, 68; inferre, Tac. H. 2, 5; intendere, id. ib. 2, 54; facere, id. ib. 3, 10. [N.B.--For other expr. v. fear, fright: sometimes even mĕtus may be used: a sudden t., repentinus m., Sall. J. 58: exanimatio is def. by Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19 (q. v.) to be "metus subsequens et quasi comes pavoris": trĕpĭdātio is alarm.] II. An object of dread: 1. terror: the two t.s of this city, duo terrores hujus urbis, Cic. Rep. 1, 47. 2. terrĭcŭlum (that which affrights: terrĭcŭla, ae, occurs in Sen. Fragm.): moved by no threats, by no t.s, nullis minis, nullis t. motus, Liv. 34, 11 [terrĭculamenta occurs in App. Apol. 315]. 3. formīdo: v. scarecrow, bugbear. 4. mĕtus, ūs (only poet. and rare): Stat. Th. 12, 606.