verb transitive

ob-stŭpĕ-făcĭo

2nd PP ob-stŭpĕ-făcere · 3rd PP ob-stŭpĕfēci · 4th PP ob-stŭpĕfactum · conj. 3rd-io

to astonish, amaze, astound, stupefy; to render senseless, deprive of feeling, benumb ••

v. a.; in pass. obstŭpĕfīo, factus, fieri, to astonish, amaze, astound, stupefy; to render senseless, deprive of feeling, benumb (class.): eum timidum obstupefecit pudor, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 54: ipso miraculo audaciae obstupefecit hostes, Liv. 2, 10: nisi metus maerorem obstupefaceret, id. 25, 38; cf. Tac. H. 4, 72.—Pass.: obstupefactis hominibus, Cic. Deiot. 12, 34: obstupefacti hostes, Tac. Agr. 18: obstupefactis nervis, Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 6.

Perseus ID: n31930 Key: obstupefacio