stupor

stŭpor, ōris, m. [stupeo], numbness; dulness, insensibility, stupidity, stupor, stupefaction; astonishment, wonder, amazement (class.;

syn. torpor): stupor in corpore,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

sensūs stupor,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

stupor obstitit lacrimis,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 29; cf.: stupor omnium animos tenet. Liv. 9, 2:

oculos stupor urget inertes,

Verg. G. 3, 523:

stupor cordis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

stupor debilitasque linguae,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

tantus te stupor oppressit, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; cf.:

cum stupor silentiumque ceteros patrum defixisset,

Liv. 6, 40:

stupor omnes et admiratio incessit, unde tam subitum bellum,

Just. 22, 6 fin.; 12, 7; Arn. 1, 28; Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 344. —

II.

Esp., dulness, stupidity, stolidity:

quae mandata! quā adrogantiā! Quo stupore!

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24:

stuporem hominis, vel dicam pecudis, attendite... Sit in verbis tuis hic stupor: quanto in rebus sententiisque major,

id. ib. 2, 12, 30:

Quis stupor hic, Menelae, fuit?

Ov. A. A. 2, 361. — Poet., for stupidus, a fool, simpleton:

talis iste meus stupor nil videt, nihil audit,

Cat. 17, 21; cf.:

tum demum ingemuit corvi deceptus stupor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 12.