torpor
torpor
subs.
Ar. and P. νάρκη, ἡ.
Want of sensation: P. ἀναισθησία, ἡ.
Want of energy: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ, see idleness.
I like not his extreme torpor: V. οὐ γάρ μʼ ἀρέσκει τῷ λίαν παρειμένῳ (Eur. Or. 210).
subs.
Ar. and P. νάρκη, ἡ.
Want of sensation: P. ἀναισθησία, ἡ.
Want of energy: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ, see idleness.
I like not his extreme torpor: V. οὐ γάρ μʼ ἀρέσκει τῷ λίαν παρειμένῳ (Eur. Or. 210).
TORPIDNESS TORPOR
torpor: torpedo (figuratively; rare not in Cic. or Caes.).
torpor: torpedo (figuratively; rare not in Cic. or Caes.).
torpor: torpor (both lit., of numbness or want of sensation, and fig., of listless inactivity): t. of rulers, t. principum, Tac. G. 46. Usu. better, pigrĭtia, ĭnertia, ignāvia: v. INACTIVITY , SLUGGISHNESS .