obstupefacti
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);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →obstupefio, obstupeferi, obstupefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be astonished/dazed/paralyzed/stunned (w/emotion); (obstupefacio PASS);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...clamore ac tumultu moenia invasere. Ad quem tumultum obstupefacti qui adversus Fabium urbem infimam tuebantur locum dedere scalas..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bonum vertit, qui priusquam ad coniectum teli veniretur, obstupefacti audacia Romanorum, relictis castris quae munitissimis tenuerant locis..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...arma et equos regunt, ita repente inmisit, ut obstupefacti hostes, qui classem, qui navis, qui mare expectabant, nihil..."