hebeo

Latin

Etymology

From a root *heb- relating to bluntness, of which further etymology is unknown; proposed derivations include:

• From a root common to Ancient Greek κωφός (kōphós, “blunt, dull”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰet-, which then leads to an earlier version *xeb- (to differentiate it from a later form *heb- if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic). Cognates include Old Armenian խուլ (xul, “deaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.oː/, [ˈhɛbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.be.o/, [ˈɛːbeo]

Verb

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

1. 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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hebeam	hebeās	hebeat	hebeāmus	hebeātis	hebeant
	imperfect	hebērem	hebērēs	hebēret	hebērēmus	hebērētis	hebērent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	hebē	—	—	hebēte	—
	future	—	hebētō	hebētō	—	hebētōte	hebentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		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

• hebes
• hebēscō
• hebetō

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.