hebetabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hebeto, hebetare, hebetavi, hebetatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blunt, deaden, make dull/faint/dim/torpid/inactive (light/plant/senses), weaken;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...toto fere graui armatu nihil gladios aut pila hebetabat; regii tam lata acie ne ex medio quidem cornua..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...autem quamlibet sincera rectaque ingenia, etsi non detorquebat, hebetabat tamen misera, sed vera reputatio. Vides enim: si quid..."