hĕbĕto — Lewis & Short
hĕbĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.,
I to make blunt or dull, to blunt, dull, dim, deaden, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic.).
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.—
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.