torpor

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin torpor (numbness), from torpeō (I am numb).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

Noun

torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)

  1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
  2. A state of apathy or lethargy.
    Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
    • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 7, in The Last Man:
      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.
  3. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

Derived terms

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From torpeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

torpor m (genitive torpōris); third declension

  1. numbness, stupefaction
  2. sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity

Declension

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

  • English: torpor
  • French: torpeur
  • Italian: torpore
  • Portuguese: torpor
  • Spanish: torpor

References

  • 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

Noun

torpor m (plural torpores)

  1. torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)