hebeo

Latin

Etymology

From a root *heb- relating to bluntness, of which further etymology is unknown[1]; proposed derivations include:

From a root common to Ancient Greek κωφός (kōphós, “blunt, dull”).
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰet-. Cognates include Old Armenian խուլ (xul, “deaf”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.be.oː/, [ˈhɛ.be.oː]

Verb

hebeō (present infinitive hebēre); second conjugation

I am blunt, dull.
- C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.53 :
  Olim annis ille ardor hebet

Derived terms

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

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “hebeo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 637

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