ebere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hebēre (“to be blunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈbe.re/, /ˈɛ.be.re/
• Rhymes: -ere, -ɛbere
• Hyphenation: e‧bé‧re, è‧be‧re

Verb

ebére or èbere (third-person only, third-person singular present èbe, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive) (intransitive, archaic)

1. to become dull, to become blunt
   • La spada di Medoro anco non ebe;
     ma si sdegna ferir l'ignobil plebe.

     Medoro's sword still does not blunt, yet he disdains to injure the ignoble multitude.

     (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso)

2. (figurative) to weaken
   • E se non che 'l suo lume all'estremo ebe

     And if his glory had not been eventually obscured

     (literally, “And if not that his light weakens at the utmost point [of his life]”)

     (Petrach, Trionfo della Fama, Chapter 1)

Conjugation

• Only found in the third-singular present indicative èbe.

    Conjugation of ebére or èbere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ebére, èbere
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		—
present participle		—	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	èbe	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	—	—	—	—	—	—
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Anagrams

• ebree