torpor
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“I am numb”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹpɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)
Noun edit
torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
- Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in The Last Man. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless.
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- Coordinate terms: hibernation, aestivation, cold sleep, hypersleep, suspended animation
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being inactive or stuporous
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a state of apathy or lethargy
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈt̪ɔrpɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈt̪ɔrpor]
Noun edit
torpor m (genitive torpōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | torpor | torpōrēs |
Genitive | torpōris | torpōrum |
Dative | torpōrī | torpōribus |
Accusative | torpōrem | torpōrēs |
Ablative | torpōre | torpōribus |
Vocative | torpor | torpōrēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “torpor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torpor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torpor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tor‧por
Noun edit
torpor m (plural torpores)
- torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)