hebetem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hebes, (gen.), hebetis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
blunt, dun; languid; stupid;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - 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. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...iracundum animum, aliud analgeton et anaistheton, id est hebetem ac stupentem. Nam sicut aliorum omnium, quos Latini philosophi..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...relegatus esset a patre ob adulescentiam brutam et hebetem, ad tribunum plebis, qui patri suo diem dixerat, uenit..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...orbem Oceano prolata dies, genitorque coruscae lucis adhuc hebetem vicina nocte levabat et nondum excusso rorantem lampada ponto..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...receperat ibique cogebat exercitum numero hominum ampliorem, sed hebetem infirmumque, agri ac pecoris magis quam belli cultorem..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tale matrimonium superesset. subibat sine dubit, metus reputantis hebetem Claudium et uxori devinctum multasque mortes iussu Messalinae patratas..."