hebeo

Latin

Etymology

From a root *heb- relating to bluntness, of which further etymology is unknown;[1] proposed derivations include:

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Pronunciation

Verb

hebeō (present infinitive hebēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be blunt, dull
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.53:
      Olim annis ille ardor hebet
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of hebeō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hebeō hebēs hebet hebēmus hebētis hebent
imperfect hebēbam hebēbās hebēbat hebēbāmus hebēbātis hebēbant
future hebēbō hebēbis hebēbit hebēbimus hebēbitis hebēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hebeam hebeās hebeat hebeāmus hebeātis hebeant
imperfect hebērem hebērēs hebēret hebērēmus hebērētis hebērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — hebē — — hebēte —
future — hebētō hebētō — hebētōte hebentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present hebēre — hebēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hebendī hebendō hebendum hebendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “hebeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hebeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hebeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “hebes”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 637
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