debeo, debere, debui, debitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
owe; be indebted/responsible for/obliged/bound/destined; ought, must, should;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | debeo | debemus |
| 2 | debes | debetis |
| 3 | debet | debent |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | debere |
| active | perfect | debuisse |
| passive | present | deberi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | debe | debete |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | debeto | debetote |
| 3 | debeto | debento |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | debere | debemini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | debetor | — |
| 3 | debetor | debentor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debitus | debiti |
| Gen. | debiti | debitorum |
| Dat. | debito | — |
| Acc. | debitum | debitos |
| Voc. | debite | debiti |
| Abl. | debito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debita | debitae |
| Gen. | debitae | debitarum |
| Dat. | debitae | — |
| Acc. | debitam | debitas |
| Voc. | debita | debitae |
| Abl. | debita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debitum | debita |
| Gen. | debiti | debitorum |
| Dat. | debito | — |
| Acc. | debitum | debita |
| Voc. | debitum | debita |
| Abl. | debito | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debendus | — |
| Gen. | debendi | — |
| Dat. | debendo | — |
| Acc. | debendum | — |
| Voc. | debende | — |
| Abl. | debendo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debenda | — |
| Gen. | debendae | — |
| Dat. | debendae | — |
| Acc. | debendam | — |
| Voc. | debenda | — |
| Abl. | debenda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | debendum | — |
| Gen. | debendi | — |
| Dat. | debendo | — |
| Acc. | debendum | — |
| Voc. | debendum | — |
| Abl. | debendo | — |
Supines
accusative: debitum; ablative: debitu
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Minas tibi octoginta argenti debeo. SI. Non mihi quidem hercle. verum, si debes, cedo. fides servanda..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dormis cubans? MEN. Perdormisco, si resolvi argentum cui debeo-- qui te Iuppiter dique omnes, percontator, perduint. MED. Nunc..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...siet: dives sum, si non reddo eis quibus debeo. [si reddo illis quibus debeo, plus alieni est.] verum..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nunc fabuler, aliquantulum quae adferret qui dissolverem quae debeo: et etiamnunc si volt Demipho dare quantum..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nuptias. DA. ego, Pamphile, hoc tibi pro servitio debeo, conari manibu' pedibu' noctesque et dies, capitis periclum adire..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...partis disiectus sit, "dimidiatum" eum esse dicere scyphum debeo, non "dimidium", argentum autem, quod in eo scypho inest..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...petenti ne suscensueris uelut superbo. Te pro Caesare debeo rogare: pro me debeo Caesarem rogare. Abstulerat totam temerarius..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...illum reddiderit vidulum, non ego illi hodie debeo triobolum. meus arbitratust, lingua quod iuret mea. sed conticiscam: eccum..."