hebeto
Latin
Etymology
From hebes (“blunt, dull”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.bɛ.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.be.t̪o]
Verb
hebetō (present infinitive hebetāre, perfect active hebetāvī, supine hebetātum); first conjugation
- to make something blunt, dull, dim
- to dull, blunt, make stupid
- 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 8 2:
- adeo ut animo simul et corpore hebetato
- so much so that his body and mind were dulled at the same time
- adeo ut animo simul et corpore hebetato
- to weaken, deaden
Conjugation
Conjugation of hebetō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- French: hébéter
References
- “hebeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hebeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hebeto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.