obstupefecit
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);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...potuit cogitata proloqui; ita eum tum timidum ibi obstupefecit pudor. {Ge.} laudo hunc, sed cesso adire quam primum..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...comminus ad ineundum proelium armis, ipso miraculo audaciae obstupefecit hostes. Duos tamen cum eo pudor tenuit, Sp. Larcium..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quisque religione obstringi, non telis, non vulneribus cessuros. Obstupefecit ea alacritas ducem Romanum; simul obiectus amnis, additum vallum..."