Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of *dēhibeō, from dē- +‎ habeō (have), though "I hold away (from someone)".[1] See the same contraction in dēbilis. Compare the later formed dēhabeō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēbeō (present infinitive dēbēre, perfect active dēbuī, supine dēbitum); second conjugation

  1. to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something
    Synonyms: amō, obligor (passive voice of obligō only)
  2. to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "must", "should"
  3. to be owed, to be due (when in passive voice)
  4. to have or keep from someone (in its original, etymological sense)

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dēbeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162

Further reading

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  • debeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • debeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • debeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to owe gratitude to; to be under an obligation to a person: gratiam alicui debere
    • to owe some one money: pecuniam alicui debere
    • the debtor: debitor, or is qui debet
    • the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo
    • from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
    • there is nothing strange in that: neque id mirum est or videri debet
  • debeo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děbeo/
  • Hyphenation: de‧be‧o

Adjective

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dèbeo (Cyrillic spelling дѐбео, definite dèbelī, comparative dȅbljī)

  1. fat
  2. thick

Declension

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