[ˈhɛ.bɛs], [ˈɛː.bes]
OriginFrom hebeō (“I am blunt or dull”) with a suffix -t- that can also be found in -es (“faring”).
- declension-3, one-terminationblunt, dull, not sharp or pointed
“ARTOTRŌGUS. Quid in Cappadociā, ubi tū quīngentōs simul,
nī hebes machaera foret, ūnō ictū occīderās?
PYRGOPOLINĪCĒS. At peditastellī quia erant, sīvī vīverent.” — fifty with a single blow, were the sword not blunt?
PYRGOPOLINICES. But because they were foot-soldiers, I suffered them to live.
“Tum fuit in pretiō magis aes, aurumque iacēbat
propter inūtilitātem hebetī mūcrōne retūsum;
nunc iacet aes, aurum in summum successit honōrem.
Then was bronze more of worth, and gold was held in no es” — Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged that learning takes away something, just as a file does to rough things or whetstones to blunt things
- declension-3, one-terminationdim, faint, dull; tasteless, without smell, without sensation
“Hōc sonitū opplētae aurēs hominum obsurduērunt; nec est ūllus hebetior sēnsus in vōbīs, sīcut, ubi Nīlus ad illa, quae Catadūpa nōminantur, praecipitat ex altissimīs montibus, ea gēns, quae illum locu” — Filled with this sound, the ears of humans become deaf, just as, where the Nile rushes down from the highest mountains to those which are called Catadupa, that folk which inhabits that place lacks the
“Īnfēlīx, cui torpet hebes locus ille, puella,” — Unhappy girl, whose place unfeeling lays,
which man and woman should equally enjoy.
“Lūmina restābant, quōrum mē causa latēbat,
cum sīc errōres abstulit illa meōs:
'Vel quia purpureīs collucent flōribus agrī,
lūmina sunt nostrōs vīsa decēre diēs;
vel quia nec flōs est hebetī nec flamm” — revels. From the truth comes the third cause.
- declension-3, figuratively, one-terminationdull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, stupid; slow, tardy
Formshebetis(genitive) · hebetior(comparative) · hebetissimus(superlative) · hebes(feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular) · hebetēs(feminine, masculine, nominative, plural) · hebetia(neuter, nominative, plural) · hebetis(feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular) · hebetium(feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural) · hebetī(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular) · hebetibus(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural) · hebetem(accusative, feminine, masculine, singular) · hebes(accusative, neuter, singular) · hebetīs(accusative, feminine, masculine, plural) · hebetēs(accusative, feminine, masculine, plural) · hebetia(accusative, neuter, plural) · hebetī(ablative, feminine, masculine, singular) · hebete(ablative, feminine, masculine, singular) · hebetī(ablative, neuter, singular) · hebetibus(ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural) · hebes(feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary