hebetatrix

Latin

Etymology

From hebetō (“to make something blunt, dull, dim”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (agentive suffix).

Adjective

hebetātrīx (feminine hebetātrīx); third-declension feminine-only adjective

  1. that makes dull, dim, dark
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.57:
      cum solis exortu umbra illa hebetatrix sub terra esse debeat
      although the shadow making it dark must from sunrise onward be below the earth

Declension

Third-declension feminine-only adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative — hebetātrīx — hebetātrīcēs
genitive — hebetātrīcis — hebetātrīcium
hebetātrīcum
dative — hebetātrīcī — hebetātrīcibus
accusative — hebetātrīcem — hebetātrīcēs
ablative — hebetātrīce
hebetātrīcī 		— hebetātrīcibus
vocative — hebetātrīx — hebetātrīcēs

References

  • “hebetatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hebetatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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