torpet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torpeo, torpere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be numb or lethargic; be struck motionless from fear;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...illa cura Iouis terra est; natura deside torpet orbis et inmotis annum non sentit harenis. hoc tam segne..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...percit fumida, suffundens caecae caliginis umbra, nec gelidis torpet telis perfixa pavoris; interutrasque sitast cervos saevosque leones..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...laboribus operosa sedulitas; alius uino madet, alius inertia torpet; alium defetigat ex alienis iudiciis suspensa semper ambitio, alium..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...retro non expectato reuocantum more tubarum praecipitant: sed torpet iter, falluntque ruentes genua uiros; ipsique (putes sensisse) repugnant..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi * * * * * * * * lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus flamma demanat, sonitu suopte tintinant aures..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...negavit, Dulcia mendaci gaudia finge sono. Infelix, cui torpet hebes locus ille, puella, Quo pariter debent femina virque..."