numb (adj.) Copy link • numb (adj.): torpens, ntis (part. of torpeo): sinews n. with cold, t. frigore nervi, Liv. 21, 58, ad fin.: Suet. (Torpidus appears not to occur in just this sense.) To be n., torpēre: with incept. torpescĕre (to grow n.): Plin. 11, 37, 89 (torpescit pars ea corporis). Also, obtorpesco, torpui, 3 (to be struck n.): Plin. 9, 42, 67 (of the effect of the torpedo).