ebere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hebēre (to be blunt).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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  • Only found in the third-singular present indicative èbe.

Anagrams

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