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ex-păvesco , pāvi, 3,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Old Testament, Genesis, 27.33
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 90
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.76
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 36
    • Suetonius, Nero, 2
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 69
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.62
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 23.49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 34.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.35
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