debeo

Alternative forms

• dēhibeō

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.be.oː/, [ˈd̪eːbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.be.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːbeo]

Verb

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)

References

Further reading

• “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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. fat
2. thick