benumbed (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. torpens2. torpĭdus1. torpesco, ui, 3, part of the body becomes b., pars corporis t., Plin.2. obtorpesco, 3 • benumbed (adj.): 1. torpens: v. inf. 2. torpĭdus: Liv. (in fig. sense: v. STUPIFIED): Auson. To be b. torpĕo, 2: to be b. with intense cold., gelu t., Liv.: fig. to be b. with fear, metu t., Liv. To become b.: 1. torpesco, ui, 3, part of the body becomes b., pars corporis t., Plin. 2. obtorpesco, 3: their hands had become b. through fear, manus prae metu obtorpuerant, Liv.