LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

pavor

pavor m (genitive pavōris)
Classical[ˈpa.wɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.vor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculineThe act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or panting with fear.
  2. masculineFear, alarm, terror, fright, panic.
  3. masculineFear through expectation, dread, thrill, anxiety, trepidation.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

timor subitus quī membra tremere facit.
pavor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Theātrum
metus mentem rapiēns
pavor -ōris (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 17

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepavorpavōrēs
genitivepavōrispavōrum
dativepavōrīpavōribus
accusativepavōrempavōrēs
ablativepavōrepavōribus
vocativepavorpavōrēs

păvor (old nom. pavos, Naev. ap. Non. 487, 8; Fragm. Trag. 45 Rib.; Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Fragm. Trag. v. 82 Rib.; B. and K. read pavor), ōris, m. paveo,
I. a trembling, quaking, throbbing, panting with fear, desire, joy, etc., anxiety, fear, dread, alarm, etc. (perh. not used by Cic.; syn.: metus, timor, tremor): pavorem, metum mentem loco moventem; ex quo illud Enni: tum pavor sapientiam omnem mi exanimato expectorat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19 (this verse of Ennius is also cited in Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 154; cf. also Enn. p. 96 Vahl., and Trag. Rel. p. 17 Rib.): hic exsultat enim pavor ac metus, Lucr. 3, 141; Hirt. B. G. 8, 13, 3: tantus terror pavorque omnes occupavit, ut, etc., Liv. 24, 20: pavor ceperat milites ne, etc., id. 24, 42: pavorem inicere, id. 28, 3: incutere, id. 27, 42; Verg. G. 1, 331: pavorem deponere, Ov. M. 10, 117: pellere, Luc. 7, 732: lenire, Sil. 8, 77.—Of expectant or joyful trembling: cum spes arrectae juvenum, exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, Verg. G. 3, 106; id. A. 5, 138: laeto pavore proditus, Sil. 16, 432.—Of religious fear, awe, Sil. 3, 691: pavor aquae, dread of water, hydrophobia, Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 17; 29, 5, 32, § 98 (in Cels. 5, 27, 2, aquae timor; Gr. ὑδροφοβία).—
(b). Plur.: venia est tantorum danda pavorum, Luc. 1, 521; Val. Fl. 7, 147: contra formidines pavoresque, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 115: repentini, id. 32, 10, 48, § 137: nocturni, id. 28, 8, 27, § 98; Tac. H. 4, 38; 2, 76.—
II. Păvor, personified, the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27; Lact. 1, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 799; v. pallor fin.—His priests are called Pavorii, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 285.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin pavor From paveō (“tremble or quake with fear”) + -or.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpor
  • Frenchpeurfrom Old French peor
  • Occitanpaurfrom Old Occitan paor
  • Occitanpòrfrom Old Occitan paor
  • Franco-Provençalpouere
  • Franco-Provençalpouer
  • Franco-Provençalpour
  • Franco-Provençalpoure
  • Franco-Provençalpeuire
  • Franco-Provençalpeuir
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepavorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavor
  • Spanishpavor
  • Spanishpavura
  • Aragonesepor
  • Galicianpavorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavor
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpaura
  • Italianpavore
  • Neapolitanpaura
  • Neapolitanpagura
  • Neapolitanpavura
  • Sicilianpaura
  • Sicilianpagura
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianpavor
  • Aromanianpãvrie
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpore
North Italian
  • Emilianpòra
  • Emilianpaùra
  • Emilianpor
  • Emilianpagura
  • Friulianpôre
  • Istriotpagura
  • Ligurianpoîa
  • Ligurianpaur
  • Ligurianpóia
  • Ligurianpuéia
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*pavōrōsum

Quick answers

What does pavor mean in Latin?
pavor, a noun, means “The act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or panting with fear.; Fear, alarm, terror, fright, panic.; Fear through expectation, dread, thrill, anxiety, trepidation.”.
What is the genitive of pavor?
The genitive singular is pavōris. pavor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pavor?
In classical Latin, [ˈpa.wɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaː.vor].