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stŭpĕ-făcĭo , fēci, factum, 3, v. a. stupeo,
I.to make stupid or senseless, to benumb, deaden, stun, stupefy (rare; usu. in the part. perf.).
(α). In verb. fin.: “privatos luctus stupefecit publicus pavor,” Liv. 5, 39; Sil. 9, 122.—Pass.: “ut nostro stupefiat Cynthia versu,” Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 7.—
(β). In part. perf., stupefied, stunned: quem stupefacti dicentem intuentur? * Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53: “spectas tuam stupefacta figuram,” Ov. H. 14, 97: “ingenti motu stupefactus aquarum,” Verg. G. 4, 365; Sen. Thyest. 547; Luc. 4, 633; Val. Fl. 6, 228.
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 (7):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.365
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.14
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.633
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 39
    • Seneca, Thyestes, 547
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.228
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.13
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