torpebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...fremitus et fulmina plura Tonanti. ante rates pigro torpebant aequora somno, nec spumare Thetis nec spargere nubila fluctus..."- T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...contra ieiuna fessaque corpora Romanis et rigentia gelu torpebant. Restitissent tamen animis, si cum pedite solum foret pugnatum..."