torpens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...timet aëre saxum Tantalus, ut famast, cassa formidine torpens; sed magis in vita divom metus urget inanis mortalis..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Quies et pigra Obliuio seruant et numquam uigili torpens Ignauia uultu. Otia uestibulo pressisque Silentia pennis muta sedent..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fuluo moriens nigrescit in auro; circum amnis torpens et ferro caerula Lerna. at laterum tractus spatiosaque pectora seruat..."