consternātĭo (noun F) : 2. consterno (not ante-Aug.; mostly in histt.)
* Confusion, dismay, consternation, alarm, disquietude, disturbance.
* In gen.: pavor et consternatio mentis,Tac. A. 13, 16: quae causa irae consternationisque subitae foret,Liv. 28, 25, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.: muliebris,id. 34, 2, 6: creditorum,Val. Max. 9, 7, 4: populi,id. 9, 15, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Claud. 12.—*
* Transf., of the fright of horses (with pavor), Liv. 37, 42, 1.
* In partic., mutiny, tumult, disorder, sedition, Liv. 34, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 39: neque plures consternatione proximā insanisse crediderim,id. H. 1, 83 fin.; 2, 49; 4, 50: excusare apud regem consternationem suam,Curt. 5, 10, 8: interfectis consternationis auctoribus,id. 7, 10, 13; 8, 1, 24.

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