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Torpor
Tor′por
,Noun.
[L., from
torpere
, to be torpid.] 1.
Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2.
Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity;
as, a
. torpor
of the mental facultiesWebster 1828 Edition
Torpor
TOR'POR
,Noun.
1.
Dullness; laziness; sluggishness; stupidity.Definition 2024
torpor
torpor
English
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Noun
torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 7
- <...>cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpoɽ<...>
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 7
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep
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Translations
being inactive or stuporous
Latin
Etymology
From torpeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈtɔr.pɔr]
Noun
torpor m (genitive torpōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | torpor | torpōrēs |
genitive | torpōris | torpōrum |
dative | torpōrī | torpōribus |
accusative | torpōrem | torpōrēs |
ablative | torpōre | torpōribus |
vocative | torpor | torpōrēs |
Descendants
References
- torpor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torpor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “torpor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.