torpesco

== Latin == === Etymology === torpeō (“I am numb”) +‎ -scō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔrˈpeːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [torˈpɛs.ko] === Verb === torpēscō (present infinitive torpēscere, perfect active torpuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem to grow stiff, numb or dull to become listless, indolent, slothful (figurative) to be useless ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== obtorpēscō === 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.