torpesco — Lewis & Short
torpesco, pŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n. [torpeo], to grow stiff or numb, to become useless or torpid.
I Lit.:
pars corporis torpescit,Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:
elaeomeli qui bibere, torpescunt,id. 23, 4, 50, § 96:
scorpiones visā lychnide torpescunt,id. 21, 26, 98, § 171:
torpuerat gelido lingua retenta metu,Ov. H. 11, 82:
torpuerant molles ante dolore genae,id. ib. 10, 44:
quid tot dextrae? torpescent in amentiā illā?Liv. 23, 9, 6.—
B Transf., to become dull, grow dim:
(margaritae) flavescunt et illae senectā rugisque torpescunt,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—
II Trop., to become listless, dull, inactive, indolent, etc.:
ne per otium torpescerent manus aut animus,Sall. C. 16, 3; cf.:
ingenium incultu atque socordiā torpescere sinunt,id. J. 2, 4:
deliciis et desidia torpescere,Tac. H. 1, 71:
vigor cogebatur senio torpescere rerum,Sil. 16, 14.