tabeo

See also: tâbeo

Latin

Etymology

From tābēs (“melting, wasting away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.be.oː/, [ˈt̪äːbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.be.o/, [ˈt̪äːbeo]

Verb

tābeō (present infinitive tābēre, perfect active tābuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to melt, melt down or away; waste or rot away

Conjugation

Conjugation of tābeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tābeō	tābēs	tābet	tābēmus	tābētis	tābent
	imperfect	tābēbam	tābēbās	tābēbat	tābēbāmus	tābēbātis	tābēbant
	future	tābēbō	tābēbis	tābēbit	tābēbimus	tābēbitis	tābēbunt
	perfect	tābuī	tābuistī	tābuit	tābuimus	tābuistis	tābuērunt, tābuēre
	pluperfect	tābueram	tābuerās	tābuerat	tābuerāmus	tābuerātis	tābuerant
	future perfect	tābuerō	tābueris	tābuerit	tābuerimus	tābueritis	tābuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tābeam	tābeās	tābeat	tābeāmus	tābeātis	tābeant
	imperfect	tābērem	tābērēs	tābēret	tābērēmus	tābērētis	tābērent
	perfect	tābuerim	tābuerīs	tābuerit	tābuerīmus	tābuerītis	tābuerint
	pluperfect	tābuissem	tābuissēs	tābuisset	tābuissēmus	tābuissētis	tābuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tābē	—	—	tābēte	—
	future	—	tābētō	tābētō	—	tābētōte	tābentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tābēre	tābuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		tābēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tābendī	tābendō	tābendum	tābendō	—	—

Derived terms

• tābēscō
• tābidus

Related terms

• tābēs

References

• “tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tabeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tabeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.