hebetatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From hebetō (“make blunt or dull”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛ.bɛˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.beˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === hebetātiō f (genitive hebetātiōnis); third declension The process of making something dull, dim or faint. The quality of being dull, dim or faint; dullness, dimness, faintness. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (bluntness): hebetūdō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: hebetação === References === “hebetatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hebetatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.