stupeo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “I strike”), Sanskrit तोपति (tópati, “to hurt”), Albanian shtyj (“to thrust”), Old Church Slavonic тъпати (tŭpati), and Old English styntan (English stint), Old English stybb (English stub), Old English stēap (English steep)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstu.pe.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊpeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.pe.o/, [ˈst̪uːpeo]
Verb
stupeō (present infinitive stupēre, perfect active stupuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (intransitive) I am stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop, hesitate.
- (intransitive) I am dazed, speechless or silenced; I am astounded, confounded, aghast or amazed.
- c. 50 C.E., Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607
- Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.
- Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.
- c. 50 C.E., Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607
- (transitive) I am astonished or amazed at, wonder at.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (I am amazed at): astupeō, mīror, obstupēscō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: stupire
References
- “stupeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stupeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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