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
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..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...facerent; errore qui non diuturnus futurus esset uelut torpentem Hannibalem nec castra sua sine duce relicta adgredi..."