torpor

Alternative forms

• torpour

Etymology

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“I am numb”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹpɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

Noun

torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)

1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
2. A state of apathy or lethargy.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 7

     <...>cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpoɽ<...>

3. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep

Etymology

From torpeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈtɔr.pɔr]

Noun

torpor m (genitive torpōris); third declension

1. numbness, stupefaction
2. sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity

References

• torpor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torpor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

torpor m (plural torpores)

1. torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)