stupendus

stŭpeo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. stūpas, cumulus; Gr. stupos; Lat. stipes, a block, stump; cf. steibô].

I.

Neutr., to be struck senseless, to be stunned, benumbed; to be struck aghast, to be astonished, astounded, amazed, confounded, stupefied, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. torpeo): animus lassus curā confectus stupet,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

cum hic etiam tum semisomnus, stupri plenus stuperet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95:

torpescunt scorpiones aconiti tactu stupentque pallentes,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 6:

haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77; cf.:

quae cum intuerer stupens,

id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,

Verg. A. 1, 495:

admiror, stupeo,

Mart. 5, 63, 3:

adhuc in oppidis coartatus et stupens,

Cic. Att. 7, 10:

vigiles attoniti et stupentibus similes,

Curt. 8, 2, 3.—With gen.:

tribuni capti et stupentes animi,

Liv. 6, 38.—

(β).

With abl. or in with abl.: stupere gaudio Graecus, Cael. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 58:

exspectatione stupere,

Liv. 8, 13, 17:

novitate,

Quint. 12, 6, 5:

carminibus stupens,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 33:

stupet Albius aere,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

laetitiā,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 621:

rex subito malo,

Flor. 2, 12:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 17:

stupet in Turno,

Verg. A. 10, 446. —

(γ).

With ad:

mater ad auditas stupuit voces,

Ov. M. 5, 509:

et stupet ad raptus Tyndaris ipsa tuos,

Mart. 12, 52, 6:

ad supervacua,

Sen. Ep. 87, 5:

ad tam saevam dominationem,

Just. 26, 1, 8.—

B.

Transf., of inanimate or abstract things, to be benumbed or stiffened, to be brought to a stand-still, to stop (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): multum refert, a fonte bibatur Qui fluit, an pigro quae stupet unda lacu,

Mart. 9, 100, 10:

flumina brumā,

Val. Fl. 5, 603:

undae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 763; cf.:

ad frigus stupet (vinum), opp. gelascit,

Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132:

stupuitque Ixionis orbis,

Ov. M. 10, 42:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

id. Am. 2, 6, 47:

stupente ita seditione,

Liv. 28, 25.—

II.

Act., to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing ( poet.; cf.

admiror): pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae,

Verg. A. 2, 31:

omnia dum stupet,

Val. Fl. 5, 96:

regis delicias,

Mart. 12, 15, 4:

dum omnia stupeo,

Petr. 29 al. — Hence, part. fut. pass.: stŭpendus, a, um, wonderful, astonishing, amazing, stupendous:

virtutibus stupendus,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 1:

virtutum stupenda penetralia,

Nazar. Pan. Const. 6, § 1.