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Latin
Etymology
stupeō (“to be stunned”) + faciō (“to make”)
Pronunciation
Verb
stupefaciō (present infinitive stupefacere, perfect active stupefēcī, supine stupefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- to make, or become, stupid, senseless or numb
- to stun, shock, stupefy
Conjugation
References
- “stupefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stupefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.