stupeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steup-. Cognates include Ancient Greek τύπτω (týpto, “I strike”), Sanskrit तोपति (tópati, “to hurt”), Albanian shtyj (“to thrust”), Old Church Slavonic тъпати (tŭpati), and Old English styntan (English stint), stybb (English stub), steap (English steep)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈstu.pe.oː/

Verb

present active stupeō, present infinitive stupēre, perfect active stupuī, supine stupītum. (no passive)

1. (intransitive) I am stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop, hesitate.
2. (intransitive) I am dazed, speechless or silenced; I am astounded, confounded, aghast or amazed.
   • c. 50 CE, Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607

     Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.

     Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.

3. (transitive) I am astonished or amazed at, wonder at.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stupeō	stupēs	stupet	stupēmus	stupētis	stupent
	future	stupēbō	stupēbis	stupēbit	stupēbimus	stupēbitis	stupēbunt
	imperfect	stupēbam	stupēbās	stupēbat	stupēbāmus	stupēbātis	stupēbant
	perfect	stupuī	stupuistī	stupuit	stupuimus	stupuistis	stupuērunt
	future perfect	stupuerō	stupueris	stupuerit	stupuerimus	stupueritis	stupuerint
	pluperfect	stupueram	stupuerās	stupuerat	stupuerāmus	stupuerātis	stupuerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stupeam	stupeās	stupeat	stupeāmus	stupeātis	stupeant
	imperfect	stupērem	stupērēs	stupēret	stupērēmus	stupērētis	stupērent
	perfect	stupuerim	stupuerīs	stupuerit	stupuerīmus	stupuerītis	stupuerint
	pluperfect	stupuissem	stupuissēs	stupuisset	stupuissēmus	stupuissētis	stupuissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	stupē	stupētō	stupētō	—	—	—
	plural	stupēte	stupētōte	stupentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		stupēre	stupuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		stupēns (stupentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am amazed at): astupeō, mīror, obstupēscō

Derived terms

astupeō circumstupeō constupeō īnstupeō stupefaciō

stupēns stupēscō stupidus stupor

Related terms

• stupiditās
• stupidō
• stupōrātus

Descendants

• Italian: stupire

References

• stupeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879