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Latin
Etymology
From stupeō (“I am stunned, amazed, dazed”) + -scō (suffix forming inchoative verbs).
Verb
stupēscō (present infinitive stupēscere, perfect active stupuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become astonished or amazed
- Synonyms: astupeō, admīror, mīror, attonō, obstupēscō, stupeō, dēfīgō
Conjugation
References
- “stupesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stupesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.