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dēbeo uī, itus, ēre

for dehibeō; de + habeo, to withhold, keep back : alqd tibi absenti: tibi hoc video non posse deberi, i. e. you will not consent to remain my creditor.—To owe, be in debt : illis quibus debui, T.: ut illi quam plurimi deberent, S.: qui se debere fateantur (i. e. debitores esse), Cs.: (argentum) Bacchidi, T.: pecuniam Cluvio: pecuniam pro domo: grandem pecuniam, S.: Quid si animam debet, is over head and ears in debt , T.: pecunia iamdiu debita: legioni frumentum deberi sciebat, Cs.—With acc, to owe, be under obligation to give, be bound to render : hoc tibi pro servitio, T.: ei res p. gratiam debet: patriae quid debeat, what are his duties , H.: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, to laborers , H.: nil caelestibus, V.: Navis, quae debes Vergilium art responsible for , H.—With inf, to be bound, be under obligation, ought, must, should : ferre contra patriam arma debuerunt?: Africam sorte obtinere, Cs.: hoc rescribere, H.: summae se iniquitatis condemnari debere, si, etc., Cs.: dici beatus Ante obitum nemo debet, O.: Nec quā debebat (sc. amare), amabat, within the bounds of duty , O.Pass, to be due, be owing : Veneri reliquum tempus deberi arbitrabatur: hoc nunc Laus illi debetur, H.To be bound, be destined, be fated, owe by fate : fatis iuvenescere debent geniti, O.: Urbem cerno debere nepotes, are destined to found , O.: ventis ludibrium, H.: cui regnum Romanaque tellus Debentur, V.: Debemus morti nos nostraque, H.: Omnia debentur vobis, O.—Fig., to owe, be indebted for, have to thank for : beneficium Maximo: vobis omnia, Cs.: quantum cuique deberet, N.: Priami plurima natis, V.: fac me multis debere, am under obligations : tibi nos debere fatemur, Quod, etc., O.

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