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Latin
Etymology
ob- + torpēscō (“to grow stiff”)
Pronunciation
Verb
obtorpēscō (present infinitive obtorpēscere, perfect active obtorpuī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to grow stiff, be benumbed, become insensible, lose feeling
Conjugation
References
- “obtorpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obtorpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obtorpesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.