ebere
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hebēre (“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)
- 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)
- (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |