hebesco

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