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obstipesco

obstipesco, to become senseless, be stupefied, be astounded, be struck dumb

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

obstipēscō, stipuī (stupuī), 3, inc. n.: to become stupefied; to be astonished, amazed, 1.613.
ob-stĭpesco and ob-stŭpesco, pŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a., to become senseless, lose feeling; to be stupefied, benumbed (syn.: obtorpesco; class.).
  • I Lit.: apes obstupescunt potantes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16: corpus, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—
  • II Trop., to be astonished, astounded, amazed, to be struck with amazement: quid hic, malum, adstans obstipuisti, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 51 (260): ob haec beneficia, quibus illi obstupescunt, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: ejus aspectu cum obstupuisset bubulcus, id. Div. 2, 23, 50: visu Aeneas, Verg. A. 5, 90: obstupuerunt stupore magno, Vulg. Marc. 5, 42 et saep.—
          • β With acc., to wonder or be astonished at any thing (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.

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