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).
numb (v.) Copy link Outline 1. torpĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare)2. obstŭpĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare) • numb (v.): 1. torpĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare): Non. 182, 5. 2. obstŭpĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare): n.'d with excess of cold, nimio frigore obstupefactus, Val. Max. 5, 1, exter. 1. (Only in p. part. in this sense.) Or expr. by torporem afferre, etc.: v. numbness.
NUMB Copy link • NUMB 1. v. torporem afferre alicui rei, torpore hebetare aliquid; obstupefacere. 2. adj., rigidus, rigens; torpidus, obstupefactus. To be numb, rigidum esse, rigere, torpere, torpidum esse; to become numb, rigescere, obrigescere, torpescere, obtorpescere. The hand is num, manus obtorpuit.