hebetudo

Latin

Etymology

From hebes (“blunt, dull”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /he.beˈtuː.doː/, [hɛbɛˈt̪uːd̪oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.beˈtu.do/, [ebeˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

hebetūdō f (genitive hebetūdinis); third declension

  1. Bluntness, dullness.
  2. Dimness, faintness.
  3. Sluggishness, obtuseness.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hebetūdō hebetūdinēs
Genitive hebetūdinis hebetūdinum
Dative hebetūdinī hebetūdinibus
Accusative hebetūdinem hebetūdinēs
Ablative hebetūdine hebetūdinibus
Vocative hebetūdō hebetūdinēs

Synonyms

Descendants
  • English: hebetude
  • Italian: ebetudine

References
  • “hebetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hebetudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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