torpentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...secuta est tuta fuga, nautasque loci sortita peritos torpentem Tritonos adit inlaesa paludem. hanc, ut fama, deus quem..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...facerent; errore qui non diuturnus futurus esset uelut torpentem Hannibalem nec castra sua sine duce relicta adgredi..."