obstupefactis
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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...clamore ac tumultu moenia invasere. Ad quem tumultum obstupefacti qui adversus Fabium urbem infimam tuebantur locum dedere scalas..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bonum vertit, qui priusquam ad coniectum teli veniretur, obstupefacti audacia Romanorum, relictis castris quae munitissimis tenuerant locis..." - P
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..."