torpesco

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Latin

Etymology

torpeō (“I am numb”) +‎ -scō

Pronunciation

Verb

torpēscō (present infinitive torpēscere, perfect active torpuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow stiff, numb or dull
  2. to become listless, indolent, slothful
  3. (figurative) to be useless

Conjugation

   Conjugation of torpēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present torpēscō torpēscis torpēscit torpēscimus torpēscitis torpēscunt
imperfect torpēscēbam torpēscēbās torpēscēbat torpēscēbāmus torpēscēbātis torpēscēbant
future torpēscam torpēscēs torpēscet torpēscēmus torpēscētis torpēscent
perfect torpuī torpuistī torpuit torpuimus torpuistis torpuērunt,
torpuēre
pluperfect torpueram torpuerās torpuerat torpuerāmus torpuerātis torpuerant
future perfect torpuerō torpueris torpuerit torpuerimus torpueritis torpuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present torpēscam torpēscās torpēscat torpēscāmus torpēscātis torpēscant
imperfect torpēscerem torpēscerēs torpēsceret torpēscerēmus torpēscerētis torpēscerent
perfect torpuerim torpuerīs torpuerit torpuerīmus torpuerītis torpuerint
pluperfect torpuissem torpuissēs torpuisset torpuissēmus torpuissētis torpuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — torpēsce — — torpēscite —
future — torpēscitō torpēscitō — torpēscitōte torpēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives torpēscere torpuisse — — — —
participles torpēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
torpēscendī torpēscendō torpēscendum torpēscendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “torpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torpesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torpesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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