obstupuerant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstupesco, obstupescere, obstupui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be stupefied; be struck dumb; be astounded;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...certiora illa, color, oculi, vultus, taciturnitas. Sic enim obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter sese..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...resolvite vestes ossaque post tergum magnae iactate parentis!' obstupuere diu: rumpitque silentia voce Pyrrha prior iussisque deae parere..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...resolvite vestes ossaque post tergum magnae iactate parentis!' obstupuere diu: rumpitque silentia voce Pyrrha prior iussisque deae parere..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...proximam quidem noctem ubi satis tuto custodiretur, expediebant. obstupuerant ad magnitudinem pristinae eius fortunae uirtutisque, et neque ipsi..."