OBSTIPESCO, obstipesco
Sounds Like: ob-stih-PES-koh
Translations: to be amazed, to be astonished, to be struck dumb, to be stupefied
From the root: OBSTIPESCO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: Obstipesco is a Latin inchoative verb, meaning 'to begin to be amazed' or 'to become astonished'. It describes the process of being struck with wonder or bewilderment, often to the point of being speechless or motionless. It implies a sudden onset of this state.
Inflection: First-person singular, Present, Active, Indicative
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, OBSTIPESCO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- OBSTIPUISSET — he had been amazed, she had been amazed, it had been amazed, he had been astounded, she had been astounded, it had been astounded, he had been stupefied, she had been stupefied, it had been stupefied
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