verb intransitive

ob-torpesco

2nd PP ob-torpescere · 3rd PP ob-torpescpŭi · conj. 3rd

to become numb; stiff; to be benumbed; become insensible

v. inch. n., to become numb or stiff; to be benumbed, become insensible, lose feeling.

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Lit.: torpedo . . . piscium qui securi supernatantes obtorpuere, corripiens, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143: manus prae metu, Liv. 22, 3: manus, Cic. Dom. 52, 135: oculi, Sen. Contr. 1: squamae, grow hard, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—

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Trop.: subactus miseriis obtorpui, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: circumfuso undique pavore, ita obtorpuit, ut, etc., Liv. 34, 38 fin.: obtorpuerunt quodammodo animi, id. 32, 20, 2.

Perseus ID: n31976 Key: obtorpesco