torpe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nostri nominis fas ac nefas. Ioc. Quid, anime, torpes? socia cur scelerum dare poenas recusas? omne confusum perit..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...subiectat lasso stimulos versatque negantem. vel cum Pausiaca torpes, insane, tabella, qui peccas minus atque ego, cum Fulvi..."