I.v. inch. n., to become numb or stiff; to be benumbed, become insensible, lose feeling.
I. Lit.: “torpedo . . . piscium qui securi supernatantes obtorpuere, corripiens,” Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143: “manus prae metu,” Liv. 22, 3: “manus,” Cic. Dom. 52, 135: “oculi,” Sen. Contr. 1: “squamae,” grow hard, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—
II. Trop.: “subactus miseriis obtorpui, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: circumfuso undique pavore, ita obtorpuit, ut, etc.,” Liv. 34, 38 fin.: “obtorpuerunt quodammodo animi,” id. 32, 20, 2.
