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hebetesco

to grow dull

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Where it lives

De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

hĕbĕtesco — Lewis & Short

hĕbĕtesco, ĕre,

I 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.

In the wild

hebetescit Celsus, De Medicina 6.6.p37

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hebetésco (scan p. 315; entry #4949).

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