grow numb, become slothful
Latin word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Ovid, Heroides 10.44: Torpuerant molles ante dolore genae.
Ovid, Tristia 1.3.8: torpuerant longa pectora nostra mora.
Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio 16: … praesens minus suppetebat, nihilo minus insontis sicuti sontis circumvenire, iugulare: scilicet, ne per otium torpescerent manus aut animus, gratuito potius malus atque crudelis erat. His amicis sociisque confisus Catilina, simul qu …
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