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|lnetxt=hebes (gen.), hebetis ADJ :: [[blunt]], [[dun]]; [[languid]]; [[stupid]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>hĕbes</b>: ĕtis (<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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. —<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>hĕbĕs</b>,¹¹ ĕtis, abl. hebetī,<br /><b>1</b> émoussé, qui a perdu sa pointe : Pl. Mil. 53 ; Lucr. 5, 1274 ; [[tela]] hebetiora Cic. Har. 2, traits [[plus]] émoussés &#124;&#124; obtus [en parl. d’un angle] : Frontin. Grom. 100, 6<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] émoussé, qui manque de pénétration, d’acuité, de finesse : aures hebetes Cic. Planc. 66, oreilles dures ; me hebetem molestiæ reddiderunt Cic. Att. 9, 17, 2, les chagrins m’ont émoussé l’esprit ; hebeti ingenio [[est]] Cic. Phil. 10, 17, il a l’esprit obtus ; [[rhetorica]] [[forensis]] [[paulo]] hebetior Cic. Fin. 2, 17, éloquence du [[forum]] un peu moins subtile<br /><b>3</b> émoussé, qui manque de vivacité : [[spondeus]] hebetior videtur et tardior Cic. Or. 216, le spondée semble moins vif et [[plus]] lent &#124;&#124; mou, engourdi, languissant : Sall. J. 54, 3 ; ad sustinendum laborem [[hebes]] Tac. H. 2, 99, mou à la fatigue ; [[uva]] gustu [[hebes]] Col. Rust. 3, 2, 3, raisin qui manque de saveur &#124;&#124; -tissimus Plin. acc. arch. [[hebem]] Cæcil. 71 ; Enn. Ann. 426, cf. Char. 132, 6.||obtus [en parl. d’un angle] : Frontin. Grom. 100, 6<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] émoussé, qui manque de pénétration, d’acuité, de finesse : aures hebetes Cic. Planc. 66, oreilles dures ; me hebetem molestiæ reddiderunt Cic. Att. 9, 17, 2, les chagrins m’ont émoussé l’esprit ; hebeti ingenio [[est]] Cic. Phil. 10, 17, il a l’esprit obtus ; [[rhetorica]] [[forensis]] [[paulo]] hebetior Cic. Fin. 2, 17, éloquence du [[forum]] un peu moins subtile<br /><b>3</b> émoussé, qui manque de vivacité : [[spondeus]] hebetior videtur et tardior Cic. Or. 216, le spondée semble moins vif et [[plus]] lent||mou, engourdi, languissant : Sall. J. 54, 3 ; ad sustinendum laborem [[hebes]] Tac. H. 2, 99, mou à la fatigue ; [[uva]] gustu [[hebes]] Col. Rust. 3, 2, 3, raisin qui manque de saveur||-tissimus Plin. acc. arch. [[hebem]] Cæcil. 71 ; Enn. Ann. 426, cf. Char. 132, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=hebes, hebetis, Abl. hebetī, [[stumpf]] (Ggstz. [[acutus]]), I) eig.: a) der [[Schneide]] [[nach]]: [[mucro]] ([[ensis]]), Ov.: [[machaera]], Plaut.: [[gladius]], Ov.: [[ferrum]], Iuven.: secures, Iuven.: [[tela]], Curt.: u. (im Bilde) [[non]] [[dubito]], [[quin]] ea [[tela]] (Pfeile), [[quae]] coniecerit [[inimicus]], [[quam]] ea, [[quae]] [[collega]] patris emisit, leviora [[atque]] hebetiora [[esse]] videantur, Cic. de har. resp. 2. – subst., hebetia, ium, n., stumpfe Gegenstände (Werkzeuge), Quint. 2, 12, 8. – b) der [[Gestalt]] [[nach]], [[stumpf]], [[abgestumpft]], [[angulus]], Gromat. vet. 41, 3: lunae et nascentis et senescentis [[alias]] hebetiora, [[alias]] acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Acad. 2. fr. 6: [[quo]] latiora ([[ossa]] scapularum) quāque parte sunt, [[hoc]] hebetiora, Cels. 8, 1. p. 326, 24 D. – c) der [[Wirkung]] [[nach]]: hebeti [[pectus]] [[tantummodo]] contudit ictu, versetzte der B. [[nur]] eine Duetschung, Ov. [[met]]. 12, 85.<br />'''II)''' übtr.: A) [[physisch]] [[stumpf]], a) gleichs. der [[Schärfe]] [[nach]], [[von]] den Sinnen u. Sinneswerkzeugen: [[sensus]] omnes hebetes et tardos [[esse]] arbitrabantur, Cic.: [[sensus]] oculorum [[atque]] aurium hebetes, Liv.: [[nec]] est [[ullus]] hebetior [[sensus]] in [[vobis]] (verst. [[quam]] [[sensus]] audiendi), Cic.: aures hebetiores (Ggstz. oculi acres [[atque]] acuti), Cic.: [[hebes]] [[acies]] oculorum, Cic., u. (im Zshg.) bl. [[acies]] [[hebes]], Cels., hebetior, Suet.: [[hebes]] [[obtutus]], Apul.: hebetes [[visus]], Sen. poët.: [[uterque]] [[oculus]] naturā [[hebes]], Plin.: oculi hebetes, Col. u. Plin., hebetiores, Plin. u. Suet. – [[graviter]] [[hebes]] [[sine]] voce, Ven. [[Fort]]. – b) der [[Empfindung]] [[nach]], [[ohne]] [[Gefühl]], [[unempfindlich]], [[abgestorben]], [[caro]] (tumoris, tuberculorum), wildes [[Fleisch]], Cels. 7, 6 u. 7, 13: [[ossa]] gingivarum, Cels. 6, 15: [[cui]] torpet bebes [[locus]] [[ille]], Ov. art. am. 3, 799: [[hebes]] os, appetitloser [[Mund]], Ov. ex Pont. 1, 10, 7. – v. leb. [[Wesen]], [[filius]] incessu [[tardus]], sensu [[hebes]], Plin. 7, 76. Solin, 1, 92. – c) der [[Tätigkeit]] [[nach]], [[stumpf]], [[träge]], [[schwerfällig]], [[ohne]] [[Geschick]], α) v. [[Körper]] u. v. leb. [[Wesen]]: gracile [[corpus]] infirmum, obesum [[hebes]] est, Cels.: [[auster]] totum [[corpus]] efficit [[hebes]], Cels.: in hebeti [[pigritia]] [[ferox]], Apul. [[met]]. 8, 33. – v. leb. [[Wesen]], [[hebes]] in voluptate ([[admissarius]]), [[nicht]] [[hitzig]], Col.: [[hebes]] ad sustinendum laborem [[miles]], Tac.: [[exercitus]] [[numero]] hominum amplior, [[sed]] [[hebes]] infirmusque, Sall. – β) v. der [[Rede]]: quasdam (litteras, Buchstaben) [[velut]] acriores [[parum]] efficimus et aliis [[non]] dissimilibus [[sed]] [[quasi]] hebetioribus permutamus, Quint. 1, 11, 4: [[quod]] ([[spondeus]]) est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior, Cic. or. 216. – v. [[Redner]], [[hebes]] ([[schwerfällig]]) linguā, [[magis]] [[malus]] [[quam]] [[callidus]] ingenio, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 9, 1. – d) der physischen [[Wirkung]] [[nach]], [[für]] den [[Gesichtssinn]] = [[matt]], [[color]] (floris) [[non]] [[hebes]], grelle, Ov.: [[hebes]] unitate surdā [[color]] (berylli), Plin.: [[carbunculus]] hebetior, Plin.: [[lux]], Avien. Arat.: [[hebes]] vicinā [[nocte]] [[dies]], Stat. – [[für]] den Geruchssinn = [[geruchlos]], [[genus]] orsini [[hebes]] (Ggstz. odoratum), Plin. 21, 67. – [[für]] den Geschmackssinn = [[geschmacklos]], [[fade]], [[quamvis]] gustu [[non]] sit [[hebes]] ([[uva]]), Col. 3, 2, 24.<br />'''B)''' [[geistig]] [[stumpf]], [[abgestumpft]], a) der [[Schärfe]] [[nach]] = [[abgestumpft]], [[stumpfsinnig]], [[blödsichtig]], [[blöde]], [[dumm]], α) v. Geiste usw.: [[ratio]] hebetem facit aciem ad contemplandas miserias, stumpft die [[Schärfe]] [[des]] Geistes ab [[für]] usw., Cic.: ad ulteriora [[non]] prospicit [[mens]] [[hebes]], Sen.: id [[licet]] [[hinc]] [[quamvis]] hebeti cognoscere corde, [[mit]] [[halben]] Sinnen, Lucr.: [[adeo]] hebetis [[atque]] obtunsi cordis [[inter]] initia iuventae [[existimatus]], ut etc., so [[blöde]] und [[stumpfsinnig]], Val. Max.: hebeti ingenio [[esse]], Cic.: hebeti ingenio [[atque]] [[nullo]], [[stumpfsinnig]], ja [[ganz]] [[geistlos]], Cic.: ingenii [[esse]] tardi et hebetis (Ggstz. ingenii [[esse]] [[mobilis]] et erecti), Sen.: hebetiora ut sint hominum ingenia, Cic.: [[animo]] hebeti [[atque]] [[claudo]] [[pro]] [[exercito]] [[uti]] volunt, Ps. Sall. – v. Geisteskräften, [[hebes]] [[memoria]], [[ein]] schwaches [[Gedächtnis]] (Ggstz. mem. [[acris]], [[ein]] starkes G.), Cic. de or. 2, 357. – v. Zuständen, [[adulescentia]] [[bruta]] et [[hebes]], Sen. de ben. 3, 37, 3 (4). – β) v. leb. [[Wesen]]: [[hebes]] et [[rudis]], [[nec]] [[hebes]] [[nec]] [[rudis]], Cic.: [[vecors]] et [[prope]] [[hebes]], Aur. Vict.: homines hebetes (Ggstz. homines acuti, homines ingeniosi), Cic.: hebetes [[illi]] et [[supra]] modum tardi, Plin. ep.: animalium hebetissima, Plin.: me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt, Cic.: [[quod]] fortuitum fuisse, [[quis]] [[adeo]] [[hebes]] inveniretur, ut crederet, Tac.: aliud est in communi [[vita]] et vulgari hominum consuetudine ([[esse]]) [[nec]] hebetem [[nec]] rudem, Cic.: [[non]] est [[hebes]] ad id [[quod]] [[melius]] sit intellegendum, Cael. in Cic. ep. – b) der [[Tätigkeit]] [[nach]], [[nicht]] [[tief]] eingehend, [[oberflächlich]], [[oratio]], Quint.: [[rhetorica]] [[interdum]] [[paulo]] hebetior, Cic.: [[ratio]] [[hebes]], Plin. – c) der [[Empfindung]] [[nach]]: [[dolor]] [[hebes]], kalte ([[nicht]] warme) [[Teilnahme]], Cic. ad Att. 8, 3, 4. – / Arch. Akk. Sing. [[hebem]], Caecil. com. 81. Enn. ann. 426 [[bei]] [[Charis]]. 132, 6: Abl. Sing. gew. hebetī; s. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 314 u. 315.
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