torpes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nostri nominis fas ac nefas. Ioc. Quid, anime, torpes? socia cur scelerum dare poenas recusas? omne confusum perit..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...subiectat lasso stimulos versatque negantem. vel cum Pausiaca torpes, insane, tabella, qui peccas minus atque ego, cum Fulvi..."