torpeō -, -, ēre TORP-, to be stiff, be numb, be inactive, be torpid: torpentes gelu, numb, L.: torpent infractae ad proelia vires, V.: torpente palato, Iu.

—Fig., to be stupid, be stupefied, be dull, be inactive: torpentibus metu qui aderant, L.: deum volumus cessatione torpere: Defixis oculis animoque et corpore torpet, H.: cum Pausiacā torpes tabellā, are lost in admiration, H.: frigere ac torpere senis consilia, are feeble, L.: si tua re subitā consilia torpent, i. e. if you are surprised out of your self-possession, L.: Tyrii desperatione torpebant, Cu.