obtorpesco
From LSJ
φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-torpesco: pŭi, 3,
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.
