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
- T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...toto fere graui armatu nihil gladios aut pila hebetabat; regii tam lata acie ne ex medio quidem cornua..." - G
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..."