I.numbness, stupefaction, torpor (syn.: languor, veternus).
I. Lit.: tutantur se torpore torpedmes, * Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127; cf. Cels. 2, 8 med.; Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223; 19, 8, 44, § 155; 29, 4, 28, § 90: “illi membra novus solvit formidine torpor,” Verg. A. 12, 867: “torpor gravis illigat artus,” Ov. M. 1, 548; id. P. 1, 2, 30 al. —
II. Trop., sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity (post-Aug.): “implicitas magno torpore cohortes vidit,” Luc. 3, 432: “torpor recens nimiā fortunae indulgentiā,” Tac. H. 2, 99 med.: “torpor Vitellii (opp. vigilantia Vespasiani),” id. ib. 2, 77 fin.: “procerum,” id. G. 46: “utraque res detestabilis est, contractio et torpor,” Sen. Ep. 82, 3.
