I.v. inch. n. and a., to be or become greatly terrified, to be very much afraid; to be greatly frightened at or afraid of, to fear greatly (perh. not anteAug.).
(α).
Absol.: “expavescentibus repente,” Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49.—With ad: ad tumultum aliquem. Plin. 10, 75, 97, § 209; cf.: “cum ad id expavisset,” Liv. 6, 34, 6.— With ab: “anseres a primo conspectu ejus expavescunt,” Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62; Vulg. Gen. 27, 33 al.—
(β).
With acc.: “tonitrua praeter modum,” Suet. Aug. 90; id. Tib. 69: “muliebriter ensem,” Hor. C. 1, 37, 23: “speciem adulantis,” Tac. H. 2, 76: “insidias,” Suet. Claud. 36: “mortem,” id. Ner. 2: “frigusque famemque,” Juv. 6, 361: “acres moles (Rhodanus),” Sil. 3, 464: “id, ut crimen ingens, expavescendum est,” Quint. 9, 3, 35.
