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
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...potuit cogitata proloqui; ita eum tum timidum ibi obstupefecit pudor. {Ge.} laudo hunc, sed cesso adire quam primum..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...comminus ad ineundum proelium armis, ipso miraculo audaciae obstupefecit hostes. Duos tamen cum eo pudor tenuit, Sp. Larcium..."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..."