stupeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stupēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “I strike”), Sanskrit तोपति (tópati, “to hurt”), Albanian shtyj (“to thrust”), Old Church Slavonic тъпати (tŭpati), and Old English styntan (English stint), Old English stybb (English stub), Old English stēap (English steep).

Pronunciation

Verb

stupeō (present infinitive stupēre, perfect active stupuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) I am stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop, hesitate.
  2. (intransitive) I am dazed, speechless or silenced; I am astounded, confounded, aghast or amazed.
    • c. 50 C.E., Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607
      Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.
      Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.
  3. (transitive) I am astonished or amazed at, wonder at.
    Synonyms: astupeō, admīror, mīror, attonō, obstupēscō, stupēscō, dēfīgō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of stupeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stupeō stupēs stupet stupēmus stupētis stupent
imperfect stupēbam stupēbās stupēbat stupēbāmus stupēbātis stupēbant
future stupēbō stupēbis stupēbit stupēbimus stupēbitis stupēbunt
perfect stupuī stupuistī stupuit stupuimus stupuistis stupuērunt,
stupuēre
pluperfect stupueram stupuerās stupuerat stupuerāmus stupuerātis stupuerant
future perfect stupuerō stupueris stupuerit stupuerimus stupueritis stupuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stupeam stupeās stupeat stupeāmus stupeātis stupeant
imperfect stupērem stupērēs stupēret stupērēmus stupērētis stupērent
perfect stupuerim stupuerīs stupuerit stupuerīmus stupuerītis stupuerint
pluperfect stupuissem stupuissēs stupuisset stupuissēmus stupuissētis stupuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — stupē — — stupēte —
future — stupētō stupētō — stupētōte stupentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives stupēre stupuisse — — — —
participles stupēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
stupendī stupendō stupendum stupendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Italian: stupire

References
  • “stupeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stupeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stupeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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