obstupuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstupesco, obstupescere, obstupui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be stupefied; be struck dumb; be astounded;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...acciperem." Vt haec dixit Quartilla, Ascyltos quidem paulisper obstupuit, ego autem frigidior hieme Gallica factus nullum potui verbum..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...madentem detinuit, qualemque vagae post crimina noctis Thespius obstupuit, totiens socer. hic tibi festa gymnas, et insontes iuvenum..."