Sunday, November 17, 2024
Stupor
Livy 9.2.10-11 (tr. B.O. Foster):
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At this they came to a halt, without any command, and a stupor came over the minds of all, and a strange kind of numbness over their bodies; and looking at one another — for every man supposed his neighbour more capable of thinking and planning than himself — they stood for a long time motionless and silent.
sistunt inde gradum sine ullius imperio, stuporque omnium animos ac velut torpor quidam insolitus membra tenet, intuentesque alii alios, cum alterum quisque compotem magis mentis ac consilii ducerent, diu immobiles silent.
