păvĭto, āre, v. freq. n. and a. [paveo].
I In gen., to tremble or quake with fear , to be very fearful , be greatly afraid; to tremble at (ante-class. and poet.): quae pueri in tenebris pavitant, Lucr. 2, 58: prosequitur pavitans, Verg. A. 2, 107: effusis pavitantem fletibus, Val. Fl. 7, 410: pavitante gressu sequere fallaces vias, Sen. Oed. 1047.—
II In partic., to shake or shiver with the ague , to have the ague , Ter. Hec. 321.