consternation Copy link Outline 1. păvor2. trĕpĭdātio3. consternātio4. perturbātio • consternation: 1. păvor: i. e. panic, fear, q. v. 2. trĕpĭdātio: an unexpected occurrence caused more c., nec opinata res plus trepidationis fecit, Liv.: the c. and flight of the enemy, tr. fugaque hostium, Liv.: Tac. To be in c., trĕpĭdo, 1: esp. in pass. impers.: there is c. throughout the camp, totis trepidatur castris, Caes. 3. consternātio: usu., in good writers, with some other word; as, pavor et c., Liv.: pavor et c. mentis, Tac. 4. perturbātio: v. disturbance, confusion. Phr.: to be in a state of c. (besides trepidare, v. supr.), stŭpēre, i. e. to be confounded, deprived of self-possession.