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                    "description": "(verb) : torpĕo, ēre, Sanscr. root tarp-, to sate; Gr. τέρπω\n* To be stiff, numb, motionless, inactive, torpid, sluggish, etc. (syn.: langueo, languesco, stupeo, rigeo).\n* Lit.: torpentes gelu,Liv. 21, 56, 7; 21, 55, 8; cf.: digitus torpens frigore,Suet. Aug. 80: languidi et torpentes oculi,Quint. 11, 3, 76: torpentes rigore nervi,Liv. 21, 58, 9: membra torpent,Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168; cf.: torpentes membrorum partes,id. 24, 4, 7, § 13: torpent infractae ad proelia vires,Verg. A. 9, 499: duroque simillima saxo Torpet,Ov. M. 13, 541: quid vetat et nervos magicas torpere per artes?id. Am. 3, 7, 35: serpentes torpentes inveniantur,Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 148: hostem habes aegre torpentia membra trahentem,Sil. 4, 68: non eadem vini atque cibi torpente palato Gaudia,Juv. 10, 203; cf.: non exacuet torpens sapor ille palatum,Ov. P. 1, 10, 13.\n* Transf., of inanim. things, to be still, motionless, sluggish: torpentes lacus,Stat. Th. 9, 452: amnis,id. ib. 4, 172: locus depressus hieme pruinis torpet,Col. 1, 4, 10: Orpheus tacuit torpente lyrā,Sen. Med. 348: antra Musarum longo torpentia somno,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 51; 1, 262.\n* Trop., to be stupid, stupefied, astounded; to be dull, listless, inactive (cf. stupeo): timeo, totus torpeo,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 179; cf.: timore torpeo,id. Truc. 4, 3, 50: torpentibus metu qui aderant,Liv. 28, 29, 11: deum volumus cessatione torpere,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 102: quidnam torpentes subito obstupuistis Achivi? id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: torpentes metu,Liv. 28, 29, 11: defixis oculis animoque et corpore torpet?Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 14: cum Pausiacā torpes tabellā,when you are lost in admiration,id. S. 2, 7, 95: nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno,Verg. G. 1, 124: frigere ac torpere senis consilia,Liv. 6, 23, 7: consilia re subitā,id. 1, 41, 3: torpebat vox spiritusque,id. 1, 25, 4: Tyrii desperatione torpebant,Curt. 4, 3, 16: rursus ad spem et fiduciam erigere torpentes,id. 4, 10, 7; 4, 14, 13."
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