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
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...exercendo videmus conteri; si nihil exerceas, inertia atque torpedo plus detrimenti facit quam exercitio". III. Qualis quantaque..." - G
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..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...illo bellum suadet. Haec si placent, si tanta torpedo animos oppressit, ut obliti scelerum Cinnae, cuius in urbem..." - P
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..."