obstupefactus
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);
nom. sg. 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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...cerni inter humana consuevit, nonne velut numinis occursu obstupefactus resistat et ut fas sit vidisse tacitus precetur..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...solet contemplatio ipsa sapientiae; non aliter illam intueor obstupefactus quam ipsum interim mundum, quem saepe tamquam spectator novus..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...ille a me spoliatus armis audaciae, non obstupefactus ac perterritus mea diligentia, non de spe conatuque depulsus..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...circulo excedas' inquit 'redde responsum, senatui quod referam.' obstupefactus tam uiolento imperio parumper cum haesitasset, 'faciam' inquit 'quod..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...discurrerent seque ipsi per omnes uias leti interficerent. obstupefactus eo furore rex suppressit impetum militum et triduum..."