stupor
English
Alternative forms
- stupour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, I am numb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-. Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstjuːpə(ɹ)/, /ˈstʃuːpə(ɹ)/, /ˈstuːpə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Noun
stupor (countable and uncountable, plural stupors)
- A state of reduced consciousness or sensibility.
- A state in which one has difficulty in thinking or using one’s senses.
Related terms
Translations
a state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
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a state of confusion where one has difficultues in thinking
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.por/, [ˈstʊ.pɔr]
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | stupor | stupōrēs |
Genitive | stupōris | stupōrum |
Dative | stupōrī | stupōribus |
Accusative | stupōrem | stupōrēs |
Ablative | stupōre | stupōribus |
Vocative | stupor | stupōrēs |
References
- stupor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stupor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stupor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stupor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Swedish
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