stupefacio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

stŭpĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [stupeo],

I to make stupid or senseless , to benumb , deaden , stun , stupefy (rare; usu. in the part. perf. ).

α In verb. fin. : privatos luctus stupefecit publicus pavor, Liv. 5, 39; Sil. 9, 122.— Pass. : ut nostro stupefiat Cynthia versu, Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 7.—

β In part. perf. , stupefied , stunned : quem stupefacti dicentem intuentur? * Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53: spectas tuam stupefacta figuram, Ov. H. 14, 97: ingenti motu stupefactus aquarum, Verg. G. 4, 365; Sen. Thyest. 547; Luc. 4, 633; Val. Fl. 6, 228.

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