torpeant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...neglegentiam quidem; tacitisquoque et brutis, quamquam in cetera torpeant, ad uiuendum sollertia est. Videbis quae aliis inutilia sunt..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ipsa iactatio attrahens cibum in summa et ne torpeant permouens. [18,14] Dedit uentos ad ulteriora noscenda: fuisset..."