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con-sōpĭo , no
I.perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to bring into an unconscious state, to put fast asleep, lull to sleep, to stupefy (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “somno consopiri sempiterno,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: “Endymion a Lunā consopitus putatur,” id. ib. 1, 38, 92; cf. id. Div. 2, 66, 135: inter initia (veneni) consopitus, * Suet. Claud. 44.—Absol.: (exstinctum lumen) consopit, benumbs the senses, * Lucr. 6, 793.—
II. Trop., of laws; pass., to become obsolete: “cum omnis illa XII. tabularum antiquitas ... consopita sit,” Gell. 16, 10, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.793
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 44
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.66
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.49
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.10.8
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