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
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..."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..."