torpedo

torpēdo, ĭnis, f. [torpeo], stiffness, numbness, inflexibility, sluggishness, torpidity.

• I Lit. (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.; syn. torpor): inertia atque torpedo plus detrimenti facit quam exercitio, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 6: occupavit nescio qua vos torpedo, qua non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. H. 3, 61, 26 Dietsch: si tanta torpedo animos obrepsit, ut, etc., id. ib. 1, 48, 19 ib.: tanta torpedo invaserat animum, ut, etc., Tac. H. 3, 63.—
• II Transf., the torpedo, crampfish, or electric ray: Raia torpedo, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127; Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; 32, 1, 2, § 7.

torpēdo, inis, f. (torpeo), I) die Lähmung der phys. oder geistigen Lebenskraft, die körperliche od. geistige Stumpfheit, Trägheit, Dumpfheit, Cato fr., Sall. u. Tac. – II) übtr., der bei Berührung erstarren machende Krampffisch, der Zitterroche (Raia Torpedo, L.), Varro LL. 5, 77. Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 127. Plin. 9, 57. 78. 143 u.a. Apic. 9, 415; bes. Claud. edyll. 3, 1 sqq.

torpedo [CL] 1 state of inertness, sluggishness, sloth. ~o, pigritudo, pigrities, segnities, torpor, socordia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 594. 2 kind of fish with numbing sting, electric ray (Torpedo). de turpedo pisce: corpora si viva tangam, torpescere faxo Hwætberht Aen. 55 tit.; alias clades torpedo fertur habere / nam qui tangit eam viventem, protinus illi / brachia cum pedibus torpent V. Merl. 850; hic ~o est piscis habens multos pedes WW.

torpēdō, (14) ĭnis, f. (torpeo), ¶ 1 torpeur, engourdissement : Cat. d. Gell. 11, 2, 6 ; Sall. H. 1, 48, 19 ; 3, 61, 26 ; Tac. H. 3, 63 ¶ 2 torpille [poisson] : Varro L. 5, 77 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 127 ; Plin. 9, 143.

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torpēdō inis, f

• torpeo, sluggishness, numbness, S., Ta.—The torpedo, cramp-fish, electric ray.