hebesco

Latin

Etymology

From hebeō (“to be blunt, dull”) +‎ -scō.

Verb

hebēscō (present infinitive hebēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. I become blunt, dull, dim or faint

Conjugation
   Conjugation of hebēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hebēscō hebēscis hebēscit hebēscimus hebēscitis hebēscunt
imperfect hebēscēbam hebēscēbās hebēscēbat hebēscēbāmus hebēscēbātis hebēscēbant
future hebēscam hebēscēs hebēscet hebēscēmus hebēscētis hebēscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present hebēscam hebēscās hebēscat hebēscāmus hebēscātis hebēscant
imperfect hebēscerem hebēscerēs hebēsceret hebēscerēmus hebēscerētis hebēscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — hebēsce — — hebēscite —
future — hebēscitō hebēscitō — hebēscitōte hebēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives hebēscere — — — — —
participles hebēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
hebēscendī hebēscendō hebēscendum hebēscendō — —

References
  • “hebesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hebesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hebesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate: (in) otio languere et hebescere
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