The corpus record — Latin

obtorpesco

to become numb

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 1 · 0.94/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 1 · 0.67/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 1 · 0.66/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 1 · 0.58/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ob-torpesco — Lewis & Short

ob-torpesco, pŭi, 3,

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

I 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.—

II 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.

In the wild

obtorpuere Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.42.p2
obtorpuerunt Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.3.13
obtorpuerant Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 p20
obtorpuit Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.34.38.7
obtorpuit Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 p23
obtorpuisse Cicero, De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 135

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