torpedo, torpedinis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/Medical
lethargy, inertness, sluggishness; fish (stinging/numbing); electric ray;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | torpedo | torpedines |
| Gen. | torpedinis | torpedinum, torpedinium |
| Dat. | torpedini | torpedinibus |
| Acc. | torpedinem | torpedines |
| Voc. | torpedo | torpedines |
| Abl. | torpedine | torpedinibus |
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...exercendo videmus conteri; si nihil exerceas, inertia atque torpedo plus detrimenti facit quam exercitio". III. Qualis quantaque..."Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...quia desidia, et inertia, et stupor eos atque torpedo invasit; strepunt, obtrectant, alienam famam bonam suum dedecus existumant..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...illo bellum suadet. Haec si placent, si tanta torpedo animos oppressit, ut obliti scelerum Cinnae, cuius in urbem..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...numero servorum, electione litorum loqui. tanta torpedo invaserat animum ut, si principem eum fuisse ceteri non meminissent, ipse..."