torpesco

Latin

Etymology

torpeō (“I am numb”) +‎ -scō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /torˈpeːs.koː/, [t̪ɔrˈpeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈpes.ko/, [t̪orˈpɛsko]

Verb

torpēscō (present infinitive torpēscere, perfect active torpuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to grow stiff, numb or dull
2. to become listless, indolent, slothful
3. (figurative) to be useless

Conjugation

Conjugation of torpēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torpēscō	torpēscis	torpēscit	torpēscimus	torpēscitis	torpēscunt
	imperfect	torpēscēbam	torpēscēbās	torpēscēbat	torpēscēbāmus	torpēscēbātis	torpēscēbant
	future	torpēscam	torpēscēs	torpēscet	torpēscēmus	torpēscētis	torpēscent
	perfect	torpuī	torpuistī	torpuit	torpuimus	torpuistis	torpuērunt, torpuēre
	pluperfect	torpueram	torpuerās	torpuerat	torpuerāmus	torpuerātis	torpuerant
	future perfect	torpuerō	torpueris	torpuerit	torpuerimus	torpueritis	torpuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torpēscam	torpēscās	torpēscat	torpēscāmus	torpēscātis	torpēscant
	imperfect	torpēscerem	torpēscerēs	torpēsceret	torpēscerēmus	torpēscerētis	torpēscerent
	perfect	torpuerim	torpuerīs	torpuerit	torpuerīmus	torpuerītis	torpuerint
	pluperfect	torpuissem	torpuissēs	torpuisset	torpuissēmus	torpuissētis	torpuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	torpēsce	—	—	torpēscite	—
	future	—	torpēscitō	torpēscitō	—	torpēscitōte	torpēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		torpēscere	torpuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		torpēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		torpēscendī	torpēscendō	torpēscendum	torpēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• obtorpēscō

References

• “torpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.