LAT
stupeo
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(verb) : stŭpeo, ui, ēre, and
* A. [Sanscr. stūpas, cumulus; Gr. στύπος; Lat. stipes, a block, stump; cf. στείβω].
* Neutr., to be struck senseless, to be stunned, benumbed; to be struck aghast, to be astonished, astounded, amazed, confounded, stupefied, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. torpeo): animus lassus curā confectus stupet,Ter. And. 2, 1, 4: cum hic etiam tum semisomnus, stupri plenus stuperet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95: torpescunt scorpiones aconiti tactu stupentque pallentes,Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 6: haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus,Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77; cf.: quae cum intuerer stupens,id. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,Verg. A. 1, 495: admiror, stupeo,Mart. 5, 63, 3: adhuc in oppidis coartatus et stupens,Cic. Att. 7, 10: vigiles attoniti et stupentibus similes,Curt. 8, 2, 3.—With gen.: tribuni capti et stupentes animi,Liv. 6, 38.
* With abl. or in with abl.: stupere gaudio Graecus, Cael. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 58: exspectatione stupere,Liv. 8, 13, 17: novitate,Quint. 12, 6, 5: carminibus stupens,Hor. C. 2, 13, 33: stupet Albius aere,id. S. 1, 4, 28: laetitiā,Sen. Herc. Fur. 621: rex subito malo,Flor. 2, 12: qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,Hor. S. 1, 6, 17: stupet in Turno,Verg. A. 10, 446.
* Act., to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing (poet.; cf. admiror): pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae,Verg. A. 2, 31: omnia dum stupet,Val. Fl. 5, 96: regis delicias,Mart. 12, 15, 4: dum omnia stupeo,Petr. 29 al.— Hence, part. fut. pass.: stŭpendus, a, um, wonderful, astonishing, amazing, stupendous: virtutibus stupendus,Val. Max. 5, 7, 1: virtutum stupenda penetralia,Nazar. Pan. Const. 6, § 1.
* Transf., of inanimate or abstract things, to be benumbed or stiffened, to be brought to a stand-still, to stop (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): multum refert, a fonte bibatur Qui fluit, an pigro quae stupet unda lacu,Mart. 9, 100, 10: flumina brumā,Val. Fl. 5, 603: undae,Sen. Herc. Fur. 763; cf.: ad frigus stupet (vinum), opp. gelascit,Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132: stupuitque Ixionis orbis,Ov. M. 10, 42: ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,id. Am. 2, 6, 47: stupente ita seditione,Liv. 28, 25.
* A. [Sanscr. stūpas, cumulus; Gr. στύπος; Lat. stipes, a block, stump; cf. στείβω].
* Neutr., to be struck senseless, to be stunned, benumbed; to be struck aghast, to be astonished, astounded, amazed, confounded, stupefied, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. torpeo): animus lassus curā confectus stupet,Ter. And. 2, 1, 4: cum hic etiam tum semisomnus, stupri plenus stuperet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95: torpescunt scorpiones aconiti tactu stupentque pallentes,Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 6: haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus,Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77; cf.: quae cum intuerer stupens,id. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,Verg. A. 1, 495: admiror, stupeo,Mart. 5, 63, 3: adhuc in oppidis coartatus et stupens,Cic. Att. 7, 10: vigiles attoniti et stupentibus similes,Curt. 8, 2, 3.—With gen.: tribuni capti et stupentes animi,Liv. 6, 38.
* With abl. or in with abl.: stupere gaudio Graecus, Cael. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 58: exspectatione stupere,Liv. 8, 13, 17: novitate,Quint. 12, 6, 5: carminibus stupens,Hor. C. 2, 13, 33: stupet Albius aere,id. S. 1, 4, 28: laetitiā,Sen. Herc. Fur. 621: rex subito malo,Flor. 2, 12: qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,Hor. S. 1, 6, 17: stupet in Turno,Verg. A. 10, 446.
* Act., to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing (poet.; cf. admiror): pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae,Verg. A. 2, 31: omnia dum stupet,Val. Fl. 5, 96: regis delicias,Mart. 12, 15, 4: dum omnia stupeo,Petr. 29 al.— Hence, part. fut. pass.: stŭpendus, a, um, wonderful, astonishing, amazing, stupendous: virtutibus stupendus,Val. Max. 5, 7, 1: virtutum stupenda penetralia,Nazar. Pan. Const. 6, § 1.
* Transf., of inanimate or abstract things, to be benumbed or stiffened, to be brought to a stand-still, to stop (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): multum refert, a fonte bibatur Qui fluit, an pigro quae stupet unda lacu,Mart. 9, 100, 10: flumina brumā,Val. Fl. 5, 603: undae,Sen. Herc. Fur. 763; cf.: ad frigus stupet (vinum), opp. gelascit,Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132: stupuitque Ixionis orbis,Ov. M. 10, 42: ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,id. Am. 2, 6, 47: stupente ita seditione,Liv. 28, 25.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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