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deberet

deberet is a Latin form of debeo, meaning “owe; ought, must”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 158 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.27.5: ut non nequiquam tantae virtutis homines iudicari deberet ausos esse transire latissimum flumen, ascendere altissimas ripas, subire iniquissimum locum; quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat.

Lucan, Civil War 6.131: Deberet, pavor adtonitos confecerat hostes.

All forms of debeo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.