hebetatio

Latin

Etymology

From hebetō (“make blunt or dull”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /he.beˈtaː.ti.oː/, [hɛbɛˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.beˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ebeˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

hebetātiō f (genitive hebetātiōnis); third declension

1. The process of making something dull, dim or faint.
2. The quality of being dull, dim or faint; dullness, dimness, faintness.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hebetātiō	hebetātiōnēs
genitive	hebetātiōnis	hebetātiōnum
dative	hebetātiōnī	hebetātiōnibus
accusative	hebetātiōnem	hebetātiōnēs
ablative	hebetātiōne	hebetātiōnibus
vocative	hebetātiō	hebetātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (bluntness): hebetūdō

Related terms

• hebes
• hebēscō
• hebetātrīx
• hebetēscō
• hebetō
• hebetūdō

Descendants

• Portuguese: hebetação

References

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