obstupefecere
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...robur. Aliquabenigna facta, aliqua humana, aliqua fortia nos obstupefecerant: haec coepimustamquam perfecta mirari. Suberant illis multa uitia quae..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...proelium mos est, mixta belli civilis externique facie obstupefecerant obsessos. et spem obpugnantium augebat amplitudo valli, quod duabus..."