hebetudo
Latin
Etymology
From hebes (“blunt, dull”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛ.bɛˈtuː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.beˈtuː.do]
Noun
hebetūdō f (genitive hebetūdinis); third declension (post-classical)
- Bluntness, dullness.
- Dimness, faintness.
- Synonym: hebetātiō
- Sluggishness, obtuseness.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hebetūdō | hebetūdinēs |
| genitive | hebetūdinis | hebetūdinum |
| dative | hebetūdinī | hebetūdinibus |
| accusative | hebetūdinem | hebetūdinēs |
| ablative | hebetūdine | hebetūdinibus |
| vocative | hebetūdō | hebetūdinēs |
Related terms
Descendants
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.