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torpeo.

to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɔr.pe.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈtɔr.pe.o]
  1. to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless

    conjugation-2 · no-supine
  2. to be stupefied or astounded

    conjugation-2 · no-supine
  3. to be inactive or listless

    conjugation-2 · no-supine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *tr̥péh₁yeti Proto-Italic *torpēō Latin torpeō Inherited from Proto-Italic *torpēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥péh₁yeti (“to be stiff”), from *terp- (“to satisfy”) + *-éh₁yeti. Cognate with Lithuanian tir̃pti (“to coagulate, grow stiff; to melt”), Old Church Slavonic трьпѣти (trĭpěti, “to suffer”), Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“fresh, unleavened”); see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”).

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