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
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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