hebeo

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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-.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.o/,

Verb

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

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
indicative		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
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hebeam	hebeās	hebeat	hebeāmus	hebeātis	hebeant
active	imperfect	hebērem	hebērēs	hebēret	hebērēmus	hebērētis	hebērent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	hebē	—	—	hebēte	—
active	future	—	hebētō	hebētō	—	hebētōte	hebentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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.

^ 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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