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
- M
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..." - T
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..." - L
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..."- G
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..." - P
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..."