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
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..."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..."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..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...circulo excedas' inquit 'redde responsum, senatui quod referam.' obstupefactus tam uiolento imperio parumper cum haesitasset, 'faciam' inquit 'quod..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...discurrerent seque ipsi per omnes uias leti interficerent. obstupefactus eo furore rex suppressit impetum militum et triduum..."