obstupefaciunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstupefacio, obstupefacere, obstupefeci, obstupefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strike dumb (w/powerful emotion)/stun/daze/paralyze; befuddle/stupefy (w/drink);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...instrumenta excarnificandi particulatim hominis? Pone ista quae nos obstupefaciunt; iube conticiscere gemitus et exclamationes et vocum inter lacerationem..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uobis quam quibus consumendis satis uirium habeat fortuna, obstupefaciunt. 3. Otiosi diuitiis luditis nec prouidetis illarum periculum, sicut..."