debeo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • dēhibeō

Etymology

Contraction of *dēhibeō, from dē- +‎ habeō (“have”), though "I hold away (from someone)".[1] See the same contraction in dēbilis. Compare the later formed dēhabeō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēbeō (present infinitive dēbēre, perfect active dēbuī, supine dēbitum); second conjugation

  1. to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something
    Synonyms: amō, obligor (passive voice of obligō only)
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.3:
      [...] nēmō sē iūdicet quicquam dēbēre quī tempus accēpit, cum interim hoc ūnum est quod nē grātus quidem potest reddere.
      [Yet] no one who receives [a gift of] time judges himself to owe anything [in return], when meanwhile this one [thing] is in fact what not even a grateful [person] is able to repay.
  2. to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "must", "should"
  3. to be owed, to be due (when in passive voice)
  4. to have or keep from someone (in its original, etymological sense)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēbeō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēbeō dēbēs dēbet dēbēmus dēbētis dēbent
imperfect dēbēbam dēbēbās dēbēbat dēbēbāmus dēbēbātis dēbēbant
future dēbēbō dēbēbis dēbēbit dēbēbimus dēbēbitis dēbēbunt
perfect dēbuī dēbuistī dēbuit dēbuimus dēbuistis dēbuērunt,
dēbuēre
pluperfect dēbueram dēbuerās dēbuerat dēbuerāmus dēbuerātis dēbuerant
future perfect dēbuerō dēbueris dēbuerit dēbuerimus dēbueritis dēbuerint
passive present dēbeor dēbēris,
dēbēre 		dēbētur dēbēmur dēbēminī dēbentur
imperfect dēbēbar dēbēbāris,
dēbēbāre 		dēbēbātur dēbēbāmur dēbēbāminī dēbēbantur
future dēbēbor dēbēberis,
dēbēbere 		dēbēbitur dēbēbimur dēbēbiminī dēbēbuntur
perfect dēbitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēbitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēbitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēbeam dēbeās dēbeat dēbeāmus dēbeātis dēbeant
imperfect dēbērem dēbērēs dēbēret dēbērēmus dēbērētis dēbērent
perfect dēbuerim dēbuerīs dēbuerit dēbuerīmus dēbuerītis dēbuerint
pluperfect dēbuissem dēbuissēs dēbuisset dēbuissēmus dēbuissētis dēbuissent
passive present dēbear dēbeāris,
dēbeāre 		dēbeātur dēbeāmur dēbeāminī dēbeantur
imperfect dēbērer dēbērēris,
dēbērēre 		dēbērētur dēbērēmur dēbērēminī dēbērentur
perfect dēbitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēbitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēbē — — dēbēte —
future — dēbētō dēbētō — dēbētōte dēbentō
passive present — dēbēre — — dēbēminī —
future — dēbētor dēbētor — — dēbentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dēbēre dēbērī dēbēns —
future dēbitūrum esse dēbitum īrī dēbitūrus dēbendus
perfect dēbuisse dēbitum esse — dēbitus
future perfect — dēbitum fore — —
perfect potential dēbitūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēbendī dēbendō dēbendum dēbendō dēbitum dēbitū

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: duveri
    • Italian: dovere
    • Sicilian: duviri
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: devêr
    • Old French: devoir (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • dèpere, depi, dèpiri, dèvere

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dēbeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162

Further reading

  • “debeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “debeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • debeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to owe gratitude to; to be under an obligation to a person: gratiam alicui debere
    • to owe some one money: pecuniam alicui debere
    • the debtor: debitor, or is qui debet
    • the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo
    • from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
    • there is nothing strange in that: neque id mirum est or videri debet
  • debeo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děbeo/
  • Hyphenation: de‧be‧o

Adjective

dèbeo (Cyrillic spelling дѐбео, definite dèbelī, comparative dȅbljī)

  1. fat
  2. thick

Declension

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative debeo debela debelo
genitive debela debele debela
dative debelu debeloj debelu
accusative inanimate
animate 		debeo
debela 		debelu debelo
vocative debeo debela debelo
locative debelu debeloj debelu
instrumental debelim debelom debelim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative debeli debele debela
genitive debelih debelih debelih
dative debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
accusative debele debele debela
vocative debeli debele debela
locative debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
instrumental debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative debeli debela debelo
genitive debelog(a) debele debelog(a)
dative debelom(u/e) debeloj debelom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		debeli
debelog(a) 		debelu debelo
vocative debeli debela debelo
locative debelom(e/u) debeloj debelom(e/u)
instrumental debelim debelom debelim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative debeli debele debela
genitive debelih debelih debelih
dative debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
accusative debele debele debela
vocative debeli debele debela
locative debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
instrumental debelim(a) debelim(a) debelim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative deblji deblja deblje
genitive debljeg(a) deblje debljeg(a)
dative debljem(u) debljoj debljem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		deblji
debljeg(a) 		deblju deblje
vocative deblji deblja deblje
locative debljem(u) debljoj debljem(u)
instrumental debljim debljom debljim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative deblji deblje deblja
genitive debljih debljih debljih
dative debljim(a) debljim(a) debljim(a)
accusative deblje deblje deblja
vocative deblji deblje deblja
locative debljim(a) debljim(a) debljim(a)
instrumental debljim(a) debljim(a) debljim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najdeblji najdeblja najdeblje
genitive najdebljeg(a) najdeblje najdebljeg(a)
dative najdebljem(u) najdebljoj najdebljem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najdeblji
najdebljeg(a) 		najdeblju najdeblje
vocative najdeblji najdeblja najdeblje
locative najdebljem(u) najdebljoj najdebljem(u)
instrumental najdebljim najdebljom najdebljim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najdeblji najdeblje najdeblja
genitive najdebljih najdebljih najdebljih
dative najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a)
accusative najdeblje najdeblje najdeblja
vocative najdeblji najdeblje najdeblja
locative najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a)
instrumental najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a) najdebljim(a)

Antonyms

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