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ĕbĕnĕus (hĕb-), a, um, adj. [hebenus, q. v.], of ebony, ebon (ante-class.), Mart. Capt. 1, § 80.

Hēbē, ēs, f. = Ἧβη (youth), the goddess of youth (pure Lat. Juventas), the daughter of Juno, cup-bearer to the gods, and, after the deification of Hercules, his wife, Ov. M. 9, 400; Prop. 1, 13, 23; Cat. 68, 116; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 28; 5, 134 al.

hĕbĕnĭnus, or ĕbĕnĭnus, a, um, adj., ἐβένινος, of ebony: tigna, Hier. Ezech. 27, 16: dentes, id. ib.

hĕbĕnus (less correctly ĕbĕnus, Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 421), i. f., Gr. [?E/(BENOS, E/)BENOS ?], the ebon-tree, ebony: Diospyros ebenum, Linn.; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204; 6, 30, 35, § 197; Verg. G. 2, 117; Ov. M. 11, 610; Pers. 5, 135; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 36.

hĕbĕo, ēre, v. n., to be blunt or dull (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: ferrum nunc hebet? Liv. 23, 45, 9.
  2. II. Trop., to be dull, sluggish, inactive, not lively: gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet, Verg. A. 5, 396: corpus hebet somno, Val. Fl. 4, 41: stella hebet, id. 5, 371: et jam Plias hebet, Luc. 2, 722: ipsi hebent mira diversitate naturae, cum iidem homines sic ament inertiam et oderint quietem, lounge about, Tac. G. 15: quid stolidi ad speciem notae novitatis hebetis? are amazed, Aus. Epigr. 69: temporis adversi sic mihi sensus hebet, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 48: olim annis ille ardor hebet, Val. Fl. 1, 53: hebent irae, Stat. Th. 11, 386.

hĕbes, ĕtis (acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti; but hebete, Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

  1. I. Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1: tela leviora atque hebetiora, id. Har. Resp. 1, 2: quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora, Cels. 8, 1, 66: ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis, Ov. A. A. 3, 589: machaera, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.: hebeti mucrone, Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85: oryx hebeti ferro caeditur, Juv. 11, 140: secures, id. 8, 137: angulus, obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.
    As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.
    1. B. Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint: utroque oculo natura hebete, Plin. 9, 15, 20: color, Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.: (orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte, Stat. Ach. 2, 289: carbunculi hebetiores, Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98: postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos, Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18: uva gustu hebes, tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67: os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae, without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7: caro, without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1: ossa gingivarum, id. 6, 15, 17: qui torpet hebes locus ille, Ov. A. A. 3, 799.
  2. II. Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.: bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31: puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes, Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76: tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est, id. 9, 30, 48: Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.: omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti, id. de Or. 2, 17, 71: memoria, id. ib. 2, 87, 357: me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt, id. Att. 9, 17, 2: nisi qui sit plane hebes, Quint. 7, 1, 48: nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc., id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.: quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc., Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined, = rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135: adulescentia bruta et hebes, Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3: spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior, Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: dolor, id. Att. 8, 3, 4: hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit, id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.: hebetiora hominum ingenia, id. N. D. 2, 6, 17: ratio, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio, Quint. 8, 3, 49: quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus, id. 1, 11, 4.
    Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [hebeo], to grow blunt, dull, dim, or faint (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: acumina (gladiorum) densis ictibus hebescebant, Amm. 16, 12, 54: hebescunt sensus, membra torpent, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168: hebescebant (oculi), Suet. Tib. 68: berylli hebescunt, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76: hebescere sidera, Tac. A. 1, 30: hebescere dextras, Sil. 8, 19.
  2. II. Trop.: sic mentis acies se ipsam intuens nonnumquam hebescit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; cf.: nos vicesimum jam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis, id. Cat. 1, 2, 4: nosmetipsos hebescere et languere nolumus, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6; cf.: illi per fastidium et contumaciam hebescunt, Tac. H. 2, 77: hebescere virtus, paupertas probro haberi coepit, Sall. C. 12, 1.

hĕbĕtātĭo, ōnis, f. [hebeto], dulness, dimness: oculorum, Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58: nascitur ex assiduitate laborum animorum hebetatio quaedam ac languor, Sen. Tranq. An. 15, 12.

* hĕbĕtātrix, īcis, f. adj. [hebeto], that makes dull or dim: umbra, i. e. darkening (shortly before: umbra terrae lunam hebetari), Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57.

hĕbĕtesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [hebes], to grow dull, dim, or faint (post-Aug. and very rare): aciem in cultris tonsorum, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 79: acies oculi hebetescit ac paene caligat, Cels. 6, 6, 37: dolor hebetescit, Scrib. Comp. 56.

hĕbĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [hebeto], to make blunt or dull, to blunt, dull, dim, deaden, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: hastas, Liv. 8, 10, 3: vulneribus suis ferrum hostium, id. 30, 35, 8: tela, Sil. 16, 105: aciem oculorum, Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 47: oculos, Lact. 6, 2: visus alicui, Verg. A. 2, 605: dies hebetarat sidera, had dimmed, Ov. M. 5, 444: umbra terrae lunam hebetari, Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57; cf.: smaragdos in sole hebetari, id. 37, 5, 18, § 69; 28, 7, 23, § 79: auster aures hebetat, Cels. 2, 1: primores dentes mollientes aut hebetantes verba, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: cummium genera amaritudines hebetant, moderate, lessen, id. 24, 11, 64, § 105; cf.: venena omnia (oleum), id. 23, 4, 40, § 80: odor suavior e longinquo, propius admotus hebetatur, id. 21, 7, 18, § 35: faba hebetare sensus existimata, id. 18, 12, 30, § 118: vos mihi taurorum flammas hebetastis, quenched the fiery breath, Ov. M. 7, 210.
  2. II. Trop., to dull, blunt, make stupid: animo simul et corpore hebetato, Suet. Claud. 2: Lethe hebetans pectora, Ov. P. 4, 1, 17: hebetatum ingenium, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 9: rei publicae vires hebetatae sunt, Just. 6, 8: vino tristitia et cura hebetatur, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.

hĕbĕtūdo, ĭnis, f. [hebeto], bluntness, dulness (post-class.; cf. hebetatio): sensuum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14: superba istorum, Aug. Civ. D. 7, 21.