hebetudo

Latin

Etymology

From hebes (“blunt, dull”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /he.beˈtuː.doː/, [hɛbɛˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.beˈtu.do/, [ebeˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

hebetūdō f (genitive hebetūdinis); third declension

1. Bluntness, dullness.
2. Dimness, faintness.
3. 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

Synonyms

• (dimness): hebetātiō

Related terms

• hebes
• hebēscō
• hebetātiō
• hebetātrīx
• hebetēscō
• hebetō

Descendants

• English: hebetude
• Italian: ebetudine

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.