[ˈtaː.beːs], [ˈtaː.bes]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Sanskrit तोय (toya, “water”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”), τῖφος (tîphos, “pond, swamp”), Russian та́ять (tájatʹ, “to melt, to thaw”), Old English þawian and English thaw.
- declension-3the act of wasting away (due to a disease or by other means: especially of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord subserving positional sense in the legs in untreated syphilis)
“Imperium adeptus, extorrem, īnfāmem et, post interfectum Postūmum Agrippam, omnis spēī egēnam, inopiā ac tābe longā perēmit, obscūram fore necem longinquitāte exiliī ratus.” — Having obtained the power, [Tiberius] cut off [Julia the Elder], banished, notorious and, after the death of Postumus Agrippa, destitute of all hope, by poverty and long wasting away, considering it a
- declension-3decay, putrefaction
“Utque campōs, in quibus pugnātum est, adit, abhorrentīs quōsdam cadāverum tābem dētestābilī vōce cōnfirmāre ausus est, optimē olēre occīsum hostem et melius cīvem.” — And when he went to the fields where was fought, he had the audacity to, with a detestable voice, embolden some people disgusted by the putrefaction of the corpses by saying that a killed enemy smells
- declension-3foulness, stench
“Atquī huic tālī mōnstrō—saepe enim ēnectum concupīvēre rēgēs vidēre—mustellarum vīrus exitiō est: adeō nātūrae nihil placuit esse sine pare. Iniciunt hōs cavernīs facile cognitīs solī tābe; necant ill” — But still, to this monster [the basilisk]—kings have many times desired to see it dead—the poison of weasels is its doom: indeed, nature didn't like anything to be without a match. They throw the basi
- declension-3, figurativelymoral corruption
“Īnfēcit ea tābēs legiōnum quoque et auxiliōrum mōtās iam mentīs, postquam vulgātum erat labāre Germānicī exercitūs fidem.” — That corruption also infected the now unsettled spirits of the legions and auxiliaries, now that it was common knowledge that the loyalty of the forces in Germany was tottering.
- declension-3fluid from a wound
“[…] iamque inflexō Trītōnia patre
vēnerat et miserō decus immortāle ferēbat,
atque illum effrāctī perfūsum tābe cerebrī” — […] And now, Tritonia, the father being swayed,
came and brought immortal glory to the poor man,
and looked at him, soaked in the issue of his spilled brain
and defiling his jaws with live blood.
- declension-3a fluid that results from melting or dissolving
“Ex praeceptō ministrī ūnum tantum vās ante eam posuēre acētī, cuius asperitās vīsque in tābem margarītās resolvit.” — As ordered, the servants only placed a bowl of vinegar before her, whose roughness and potency dissolves pearls into fluid.
Formstābēs(canonical, feminine) · tābis(genitive) · tābēs(nominative, singular) · tābēs(nominative, plural) · tābis(genitive, singular) · tābium(genitive, plural) · tābī(dative, singular) · tābibus(dative, plural) · tābem(accusative, singular) · tābēs(accusative, plural) · tābīs(accusative, plural) · tābe(ablative, singular) · tābibus(ablative, plural) · tābēs(singular, vocative) · tābēs(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary