obstupui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstupesco, obstupescere, obstupui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be stupefied; be struck dumb; be astounded;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...venerat nostram. Plaudentibus ergo universis et postulantibus nuptias, obstupui ego et nec Gitona, verecundissimum puerum, sufficere huic petulantiae..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...paene demerso inopinata subito amici mei species offulsit. obstupui totumque corpus percurrit frigidus pavor, neque aliter, quam..."