DEBUERAT, debuerat
Sounds Like: DEH-boo-eh-raht
Translations: he/she/it had owed, he/she/it ought to have, he/she/it should have
From the root: DEBEO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a Latin verb meaning 'to owe', 'to be obliged', or 'ought/should'. 'DEBUERAT' is the third person singular pluperfect active indicative form, indicating an action that had been completed before another past action. It implies a past obligation or a past necessity that was not met.
Inflection: Pluperfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DEBEO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- DEBEO — owe, ought, should, must, be indebted to
- DEBITA — debts, obligations, dues, due, owed, proper, fitting
- DEBUERIT — he, she, or it ought to have, he, she, or it should have, he, she, or it must have, he, she, or it was due
- DEBUIT — he/she/it ought to have, he/she/it should have, he/she/it owed, he/she/it was obliged
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