English → Latin
“panic” in Latin
terrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an object of fear or dreadappellōto drive or move to; to land or put ashoreiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to seefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, īnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,exterreōto strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrify
The English word panic itself goes back to Latin pānis, through pānicum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
panic
*terror panicus (Wyttenback); terror, qui πανικός; appellatur (Hym., Astr., 2, 28); pavor quasi lymphaticus (Liv.): to strike a panic into, terrorem alicui incutere (Liv.), injicere, facere, efficere, inferre (Cic.): panic-struck, exterritus; in terrorem conjectus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for panic?
- The usual Latin words for “panic” are terror, appellō, iniciō; also efficiō, īnferō, exterreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.