torpeo

Latin

Etymology

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”); see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.pe.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrpeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.pe.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrpeo]

Verb

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

Conjugation of torpeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torpeō	torpēs	torpet	torpēmus	torpētis	torpent
	imperfect	torpēbam	torpēbās	torpēbat	torpēbāmus	torpēbātis	torpēbant
	future	torpēbō	torpēbis	torpēbit	torpēbimus	torpēbitis	torpēbunt
	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	torpeam	torpeās	torpeat	torpeāmus	torpeātis	torpeant
	imperfect	torpērem	torpērēs	torpēret	torpērēmus	torpērētis	torpērent
	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	—	torpē	—	—	torpēte	—
	future	—	torpētō	torpētō	—	torpētōte	torpentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		torpēre	torpuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		torpēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		torpendī	torpendō	torpendum	torpendō	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am numb): obtorpeō

Derived terms

• obtorpeō
• torpēdō
• torpefaciō
• torpēscō
• torpidus
• torpor

Related terms

• torpōrō

Descendants

• Italian: torpere

Further reading

• “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