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torpeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *terp- (to be stiff) (whose relation with Proto-Indo-European *ster- (sterile), if any, is unclear). Cognate with Lithuanian tir̃pti (to coagulate, grow stiff; to melt), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti, to suffer), Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (fresh, unleavened);[1] see also Old English steorfan (to die), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, solid).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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torpeō (present infinitive torpēre, perfect active torpuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
  2. to be stupefied or astounded
  3. to be inactive or listless

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: torpere

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “torpeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 624

Further reading

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  • torpeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • torpeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torpeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be numb with cold: frigore (gelu) rigere, torpere