alarm (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Loud notice of imminent dangerII. The panic and disturbance caused by the approach of danger1. trĕpĭdātĭo2. tŭmultus, ūsIII. Terror, fright • alarm (subs.): I. Loud notice of imminent danger: clāmor: an a. is raised by the watchmen and guards of the temple, c. a vigilibus fanique custodibus tollitur, Cic. Phr.: an a. to arms was sounded, conclamatum (est) ad arma, Liv.: to sound an a. (military), bellicum canere, Liv.: Cic.: there is an a. of fire in the neighbourhood, conclamatur in vicinio incendium, Sen. II. The panic and disturbance caused by the approach of danger: 1. trĕpĭdātĭo: the unexpected occurrence caused the more a., nec opinata res plus trepidationis fecit, Liv..: the a. and flight of the enemy, tr. fugaque hostium, Liv.: what was the a. of the senate, the confusion of the people, the fear of the city, quae senatus tr., quae populi confusio, quis urbis metus, Vell. 2. tŭmultus, ūs: they brought a. rather than certain intelligence to the camp, t. magis quam certum nuntium castris intulerunt, Liv.: he wrote to the senate in what a. the province was, senatui scripsit quo in t. provincia esset, Liv. Phr.: I perceive that there is a., trepidari sentio, Ter.: to be in a state of a., trepidare: v. alarmed, to be. v. consternation, confusion. III. Terror, fright: păvor: fright and a. took possession of all, terror pavorque omnes occupavit, Liv.: nocturnal a.s, nocturni p., Tac.: v. dread, terror.