hebetesco

Latin

Etymology

From hebes, hebet- (“dull, blunt”) +‎ -ēscō (“to become, to grow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɛ.bɛˈteːs.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.beˈt̪ɛs.ko]

Verb

hebetēscō (present infinitive hebetēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

(post-Augustan, very rare) to grow dull, dim or faint
- c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De medicina 6.6.37:
  acies oculi hebetescit ac paene caligat
  the vision of the eye grows dim and is almost lost

Conjugation

Conjugation of hebetēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	hebetēscō		hebetēscis		hebetēscit		hebetēscimus		hebetēscitis		hebetēscunt
	imperfect	hebetēscēbam		hebetēscēbās		hebetēscēbat		hebetēscēbāmus		hebetēscēbātis		hebetēscēbant
	future	hebetēscam		hebetēscēs		hebetēscet		hebetēscēmus		hebetēscētis		hebetēscent
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	hebetēscam		hebetēscās		hebetēscat		hebetēscāmus		hebetēscātis		hebetēscant
active	imperfect	hebetēscerem		hebetēscerēs		hebetēsceret		hebetēscerēmus		hebetēscerētis		hebetēscerent
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		hebetēsce		—		—		hebetēscite		—
active	future	—		hebetēscitō		hebetēscitō		—		hebetēscitōte		hebetēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		hebetēscere			—			hebetēscēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		hebetēscendī		hebetēscendō		hebetēscendum		hebetēscendō		—		—

References

“hebetesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hebetesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.