Tum Sabinae mulieres

[pmda]

I'm having trouble with the phrase in parenthesis: victo malis muliebri pavore - has me stumped.

Tum Sabinae [fnp] mulieres [fnp], quarum ex iniuria [fabs] bellum [nns] ortum erat [pf3s(nns)], crinibus [mabp] passis [mabp] scissaque [fabs] veste [fabs] - victo malis muliebri pavore [mabs] - ausae sunt se inter tela volantia inferre.

I know what this means overall - if I was to try to have a guess at 'victo malis muliebri pavore' and this is possibly a wild guess - I would translate it as something like: 'with the womanly fear that subjection leading to evil things' ??

Paul

[adrianus]

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[Qimmik]

Their womanly fear having been overcome by their woes, i.e., the distress in which they found themselves overcame their fear and prompted them to take bold action.

[pmda]

Thanks Adrianus and Quimmik. And for the link. I do sometimes search to see has the same problem been addressed before - should have done it here - will do it in future. Again thanks.