ebere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hebeō (“to be blunt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈbe.re/, /ˈɛ.be.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere, -ɛbere
  • Hyphenation: e‧bé‧re, è‧be‧re

Verb

ebére or èbere (third-person only, third-person singular present èbe, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive) (intransitive, archaic)

  1. to become dull, to become blunt
    La spada di Medoro anco non ebe;
    ma si sdegna ferir l'ignobil plebe.
    Medoro's sword still does not blunt, yet he disdains to injure the ignoble multitude.
    (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso)
  2. (figurative) to weaken
    E se non che 'l suo lume all'estremo ebe
    And if his glory had not been eventually obscured
    (literally, “And if not that his light weakens at the utmost point [of his life]”)
    (Petrach, Trionfo della Fama, Chapter 1)

Conjugation
  • Only found in the third-singular present indicative èbe.
    Conjugation of ebére or èbere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ebére, èbere
auxiliary verb — gerund —
present participle — past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — èbe — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

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