hebeo

Latin

Etymology

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

  • From a root common to Ancient Greek κωφός (kōphós, “blunt, dull”).
  • From Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰet-, which then leads to an earlier version *xeb- (to differentiate it from a later form *heb- if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic). Cognates include Old Armenian խուլ (xul, “deaf”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to be blunt, dull
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.53 :
      Olim annis ille ardor hebet

Conjugation
   Conjugation of hebeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hebēre — — — — —
participles 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) “hebeo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 637
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