torpeat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...diuisus circumeat nec unam deterat semitam, ceteris partibus torpeat. [24,3] Credis autem in hoc maximo et pulcherrimo..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...orti sunt, longa pace et otio torpeat, plerique nobilium adulescentium petunt ultro eas nationes, quae tum bellum aliquod..."