torpeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ster (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (“solid”), Lituanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtor.pe.oː/

Verb

present active torpeō, present infinitive torpēre, perfect active torpuī. (no passive)

1. I am stiff, numb, torpid or motionless.
2. I am stupefied or astounded.
3. I am inactive or listless.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torpeō	torpēs	torpet	torpēmus	torpētis	torpent
	future	torpēbō	torpēbis	torpēbit	torpēbimus	torpēbitis	torpēbunt
	imperfect	torpēbam	torpēbās	torpēbat	torpēbāmus	torpēbātis	torpēbant
	perfect	torpuī	torpuistī	torpuit	torpuimus	torpuistis	torpuērunt
	future perfect	torpuerō	torpueris	torpuerit	torpuerimus	torpueritis	torpuerint
	pluperfect	torpueram	torpuerās	torpuerat	torpuerāmus	torpuerātis	torpuerant
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
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	torpē	torpētō	torpētō	—	—	—
	plural	torpēte	torpētōte	torpentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		torpēre	torpuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		torpēns (torpentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am numb): obtorpeō

Derived terms

obtorpeō torpēdō torpefaciō

torpēscō torpidus torpor

Related terms

• torpōrō

Descendants

• Italian: torpere

References

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