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Latin
Etymology
From hebes (“blunt, dull”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
hebetō (present infinitive hebetāre, perfect active hebetāvī, supine hebetātum); first conjugation
- to make something blunt, dull
- to weaken, deaden
Conjugation
Descendants
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.