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
- L
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..." - P
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..."