1 torpescere
[CL] 1 to become numb or paralysed.
corpora si viva tangam, torpescere faxo
[Hwætberht Aen. 55 (Turpedo) 1].
2 to become sluggish or lethargic, (also) to become inactive or slothful; b (w. gen.). c (w. inf.) to become slow or loath (to). d (of faculty, feeling, or sim.) to become dull or inert.
si ‥ a sua sollicitudine ~uerit
[Anselm Misc. 356]; familiam ‥ desidia ~escere non permittendo
[Gir. EH II 36 p. 392]; ex hoc ~escunt [clerici] in officio sacerdotali
[Wycl. Blasph. 34]; o humana fragilitas ‥ que contra temptaciones ‥ murmuras et ~escis
[Spec. Incl. 3. 3]. b cum omnis creatura ad libertatem ‥ tendat ‥ atque in cordibus nonnullorum servorum divini ~escat laboris et obsequii
[Cust. Westm. 70]. c alia ‥ argumenta contexere non ~escam
[Adel. ED 15]. d nunc torpescit ‥ / ‥ amor pecorum
[P. Blois Carm. 8. 1]; ne ‥ [animus] incredibilitate ~escat ‥ et tedio deficiat
[V. Neot. A 23].
2 torpescere v. torrescere