paveo

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *oβnus, which itself may attest to a Proto-Indo-European form *pow-. The stem *pav- would emerge from the Italic change of Proto-Indo-European *-ow- to *-aw-. Alternatively, it may be a stative from the root *peh₂w- (to strike), whence Latin paviō.

Pronunciation

Verb

paveō (present infinitive pavēre, perfect active pāvī); second conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be struck with fear, to be afraid or terrified; tremble or quake with fear
  2. (transitive) to fear, dread or be terrified by

Conjugation

  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • paveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • paveo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung