habeo

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰ- (“to grab, to take”). More at give.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

present active habeō, present infinitive habēre, perfect active habuī, supine habitum.

  1. I have, hold.
    Spero ut pacem habeant semper.
    I hope that they may always have peace.
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
      O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?
  2. I own.
  3. I possess.
    Habet annos viginti.
    He is twenty years old.
  4. I retain, maintain.
  5. I conduct, preside over.
  6. I regard, consider or account a person or thing as something.
  7. I accept, bear, endure.

Usage notes [edit]

  • Another way of denoting ownership besides using the verb habeō is using the possessor in the dative case (e.g. mihi (“to me”), tibi (“to you”), nōbīs (“to us”)) with the copula esse (“to be”), literally asking whether the item in question "is to you". For example:
    Habēsne epistolas? - Do you have the letters?
    Suntne tibi epistolae? - Do you have the letters?
  • And to answer one could say:
    Sic est, habeo epistolas. - Yes, I have the letters.
    Etiam, sunt mihi epistolae. - Yes, I have the letters.

Inflection [edit]

Second Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present habeō habēs habet habēmus habētis habent
future habēbō habēbis habēbit habēbimus habēbitis habēbunt
imperfect habēbam habēbās habēbat habēbāmus habēbātis habēbant
perfect habuī habuistī habuit habuimus habuistis habuērunt
future perfect habuerō habueris habuerit habuerimus habueritis habuerint
pluperfect habueram habuerās habuerat habuerāmus habuerātis habuerant
passive present habeor habēris habētur habēmur habēminī habentur
future habēbor habēberis habēbitur habēbimur habēbiminī habēbuntur
imperfect habēbar habēbāris habēbātur habēbāmur habēbāminī habēbantur
perfect Use habitus m, habita f, habitum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
future perfect Use habitus m, habita f, habitum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use habitus m, habita f, habitum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present habeam habeās habeat habeāmus habeātis habeant
imperfect habērem habērēs habēret habērēmus habērētis habērent
perfect habuerim habuerīs habuerit habuerīmus habuerītis habuerint
pluperfect habuissem habuissēs habuisset habuissēmus habuissētis habuissent
passive present habear habeāris habeātur habeāmur habeāminī habeantur
imperfect habērer habērēris habērētur habērēmur habērēminī habērentur
perfect Use habitus m, habita f, habitum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use habitus m, habita f, habitum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular habē habētō habētō habēre habētor habētor
plural habēte habētōte habentō habēminī — habentor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives habēre habuisse habitūrus esse habērī habitus esse habitum īrī
participles habēns (habentis) — habitūrus-ra, -rum — habitus-a, -um habendus-nda, -ndum

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