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(verb) : dēbĕo (dehibeo, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 24
* Infra, cf. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 590), ŭi, ĭtum, 2, de-habeo, (lit., to have or keep from some one: 'qui pecuniam dissolvit, statim non habet id quod reddidit, qui autem debet, aes retinet alienum,' Cic. Planc. 28, 68 Wund.; hence), to owe (Gr. ὀφείλω; opp. reddo, solvo, dissolvo, persolvo, freq. and class.).
* Lit., of money and money's worth.
* Act.
* Trop., to owe something, i. e. to be under obligation, both to and for something.
* Without acc.: illis quibus debeo,Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 30: ut illi quam plurimi deberent,Sall. J. 96, 2: nec ipsi debeo,Quint. 4, 4, 6: Cal. Jan. debuit; adhuc non solvit,Cic. Att. 14, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3 et saep.—Part. pres. as subst.: debentes, ium, m., debtors, Liv. 6, 27, 3; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 5.
* Prov.: animan debere,to be over head and ears in debt,Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 56 ('Graecum proverbium, καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ὀφείλει,' Don.).
* Dēbĭ-tum, i, n., what is owing, a debt, Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.: ne de bonis deminui paterentur priusquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10: tamquam debito fraudetur,id. Or. 53, 178: ex quibus unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,will pay a debt with one,Sen. Ep. 7, 10: reddere,to repay,Col. 10, pr. 1.
* To owe, i. e. to be bound or under obligation to render, pay, etc., something (for syn. cf.: necesse est, oportet, cogo, decet, opus est, par est, meum, tuum ... alicujus est).
* In gen.
* To owe something to some one, to be indebted to or to have to thank one for something.
* Poet. (esp. in Verg.) and in post-Aug. prose like the Gr. ὀφείλω and ὀφλισκάνω.
* To continue to owe something; i. e. to withhold, keep back: quod praesenti tibi non tribueram, id absenti debere non potui,Cic. Fam. 7, 19, init.—So pass.: sic enim diximus, et tibi hoc video non posse debere,id. Tusc. 2, 27, 67 fin.
* .—Hence, Dēbĭtum, i, n., what is due, debt, duty, obligation (post-Aug. and rare): velut omni vitae debito liberatus,Curt. 10, 5, 3: nepotum nutriendorum,Val. Max. 2, 9, 1: non secundum gratiam, sed secundum debitum,Vulg. Rom. 4, 4; 1 Cor. 7, 3: solvere debito,to free from obligation,Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1.
* To owe, i. e. to be bound or destined by fate or by nature (v. Lidd. and Scott sub. ὀφείλω, no. 3).
* Act.. urbem et jam cerno Phrygios debere nepotes, i. e. are destined to found, Ov. M. 15, 444: debet multas hic legibus aevi (i. e. fato) Ante suam mortes,Luc. 2, 82; cf. id. 6, 530.—More usually
* So, because what one is destined by the fates to suffer is regarded as his debt (ὀφλισκάνειν γέλωτά τινι): tu nisi ventis debes ludibrium, cave,Hor. Od. 1, 14, 16.
* With acc.: ut hoc summum beneficium Q. Maximo debuerim,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; so magna beneficia mihi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12; qui mihi laudem illam eo minus deberet,Cic. Att. 1, 14, 3: me paene plus tibi quam ipsi Miloni debiturum,id. Fam. 2, 6 fin.; cf. id. Planc. 28; and quantum cuique deberet,Nep. Epam. 3 fin.; Plin. Pan. 30, 1 et saep.: o cui debere salutem Confiteor,Ov. M. 7, 164; so vitam,id. Pont. 4, 5, 31; and in a like sense: se,id. M. 7, 48; 2, 644; so, in a bad sense, hoc quoque Tarquinio debebimus,id. Fast. 2, 825.
* Absol., to be indebted, obliged, under obligation to one: verum fac me multis debere, et in iis Plancio, etc.,Cic. Planc. 28; cf. with a clause: tibi nos debere fatemur, quod, etc.,Ov. M. 4, 76.
* Infra, cf. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 590), ŭi, ĭtum, 2, de-habeo, (lit., to have or keep from some one: 'qui pecuniam dissolvit, statim non habet id quod reddidit, qui autem debet, aes retinet alienum,' Cic. Planc. 28, 68 Wund.; hence), to owe (Gr. ὀφείλω; opp. reddo, solvo, dissolvo, persolvo, freq. and class.).
* Lit., of money and money's worth.
* Act.
* Trop., to owe something, i. e. to be under obligation, both to and for something.
* Without acc.: illis quibus debeo,Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 30: ut illi quam plurimi deberent,Sall. J. 96, 2: nec ipsi debeo,Quint. 4, 4, 6: Cal. Jan. debuit; adhuc non solvit,Cic. Att. 14, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3 et saep.—Part. pres. as subst.: debentes, ium, m., debtors, Liv. 6, 27, 3; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 5.
* Prov.: animan debere,to be over head and ears in debt,Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 56 ('Graecum proverbium, καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ὀφείλει,' Don.).
* Dēbĭ-tum, i, n., what is owing, a debt, Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.: ne de bonis deminui paterentur priusquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10: tamquam debito fraudetur,id. Or. 53, 178: ex quibus unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,will pay a debt with one,Sen. Ep. 7, 10: reddere,to repay,Col. 10, pr. 1.
* To owe, i. e. to be bound or under obligation to render, pay, etc., something (for syn. cf.: necesse est, oportet, cogo, decet, opus est, par est, meum, tuum ... alicujus est).
* In gen.
* To owe something to some one, to be indebted to or to have to thank one for something.
* Poet. (esp. in Verg.) and in post-Aug. prose like the Gr. ὀφείλω and ὀφλισκάνω.
* To continue to owe something; i. e. to withhold, keep back: quod praesenti tibi non tribueram, id absenti debere non potui,Cic. Fam. 7, 19, init.—So pass.: sic enim diximus, et tibi hoc video non posse debere,id. Tusc. 2, 27, 67 fin.
* .—Hence, Dēbĭtum, i, n., what is due, debt, duty, obligation (post-Aug. and rare): velut omni vitae debito liberatus,Curt. 10, 5, 3: nepotum nutriendorum,Val. Max. 2, 9, 1: non secundum gratiam, sed secundum debitum,Vulg. Rom. 4, 4; 1 Cor. 7, 3: solvere debito,to free from obligation,Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1.
* To owe, i. e. to be bound or destined by fate or by nature (v. Lidd. and Scott sub. ὀφείλω, no. 3).
* Act.. urbem et jam cerno Phrygios debere nepotes, i. e. are destined to found, Ov. M. 15, 444: debet multas hic legibus aevi (i. e. fato) Ante suam mortes,Luc. 2, 82; cf. id. 6, 530.—More usually
* So, because what one is destined by the fates to suffer is regarded as his debt (ὀφλισκάνειν γέλωτά τινι): tu nisi ventis debes ludibrium, cave,Hor. Od. 1, 14, 16.
* With acc.: ut hoc summum beneficium Q. Maximo debuerim,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; so magna beneficia mihi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12; qui mihi laudem illam eo minus deberet,Cic. Att. 1, 14, 3: me paene plus tibi quam ipsi Miloni debiturum,id. Fam. 2, 6 fin.; cf. id. Planc. 28; and quantum cuique deberet,Nep. Epam. 3 fin.; Plin. Pan. 30, 1 et saep.: o cui debere salutem Confiteor,Ov. M. 7, 164; so vitam,id. Pont. 4, 5, 31; and in a like sense: se,id. M. 7, 48; 2, 644; so, in a bad sense, hoc quoque Tarquinio debebimus,id. Fast. 2, 825.
* Absol., to be indebted, obliged, under obligation to one: verum fac me multis debere, et in iis Plancio, etc.,Cic. Planc. 28; cf. with a clause: tibi nos debere fatemur, quod, etc.,Ov. M. 4, 76.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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