stun Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. sōpior, 42. stŭpeo, ui, 2II. Fig.1. stŭpĕfăcio, obstŭpĕfăcio2. attŏno, ui, 1 (rare)3. consterno, perterrĕfăcio4. perturbo, confundoIII. To weary the ears by loud talking1. obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3. with aures, Cic. Or. 66, 2212. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum or tūsum, 3 • stun: I. Lit.: no active verb: to be s.'d: 1. sōpior, 4: he was so struck by a stone that he was s.'d, impactus ita est a saxo ut sopiretur, Liv. 8, 6: cf. id. 42, 16. 2. stŭpeo, ui, 2: v. stupefy. II. Fig.: 1. stŭpĕfăcio, obstŭpĕfăcio: v. stupefy (II.). 2. attŏno, ui, 1 (rare): Ov. Met. 3, 532. 3. consterno, perterrĕfăcio: v. to dismay. 4. perturbo, confundo: v. to bewilder: stunned, attŏnĭtus: Liv. 10, 29, med.: afflictus: s.'d with grief, a. luctu, Cic. Phil. 9, 5: a. moerore, id. Cat. 1, 2: s.'d with fear, perterritus: Cic.: concussus: s.'d by bitter hap, casu c. acerbo, Virg. Aen. 5, 700: s.'d by fear, c. metu mentem, ib. 12, 468: fulminatus, Petr. 8, 7: (v. FRIGHTENED). Join: obstupefactus et p., Cic. Cat. 2, 7. III. To weary the ears by loud talking: 1. obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3. with aures, Cic. Or. 66, 221: absol., Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 11. 2. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum or tūsum, 3: Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 25: is s.'d by incessant cries, assiduis tunditur vocibus, Virg. Aen. 4, 448.
STUN Copy link • STUNPROP., exsurdare (the proper word; e.g., aures): obtundere (e.g., the ears, by loud talking, or anybody by asking, aliquem rogitando): torporem afferre alicui rei: torpore hebetare aliquid (to deafen, deaden): sopire (to deprive of consciousness; e.g., of lightning). Figuratively, alicujus mentem animumque perturbare: in perturbationem conjicere: consternare: percutere (☞ not percellere). Stunned, stupefactus ac perterritus: afflictus (deprived of all courage and energy): attonitus (as if struck by a thunder-bolt). (The words are found in this connection and order.) confusus et attonitus: spe dejectus (having one’s hopes utterly destroyed): fulminatus (as if struck by lightning, Petronius, 80, 7): exanimatus (entirely beyond one’s self, annihilated). To be stunned, stupere; alicujus animum stupor tenet.