1. hebes (the proper word, blunted, then, figuratively, of sight and the other organs of sense; of light and color; of the intellect. (The words are found in this connection and order.) hebes et tardus, of the senses): obscurus: subobscurus (Cic.; but only figuratively of style): subfuscus (brownish; e.g., margarita, Tac.): languidus: languens (wanting life, spirit, or brightness; e.g., of color, light, expression, etc.): iners (dull, sluggish; e.g., of the eyes, a look, etc.): To grow dim, hebescere (of the eyes; of precious stones; of the stars; ☞ hebetescere, post-Augustan, and rare): sensim obscurari (of the recollection of anything, Cic.: memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit): languescere (of light or color e.g., luna, Tac.): to be dim, hebetem esse; hebere: sensim obscuratum esse et evanescere (Cic., ; of the recollection of anything): languere (of the moon, Propertius): to make anything dim [Vid: To DIM]. Dim lights, languida lumina (Plin.). A dim color, color languidus, lentus: a dim yellow, languescens in luteum color (Plin.). His eyes are dim, oculi caecutiunt (Varr. ap. Non): his eyes wax dim, acies oculorum hebescit. Dim-sighted, hebes: lusciosus: luscitiosus ( “qui vespere non videt’ or “qui interdiu non videt “): lippus (blear-eyed).
2. v. hebetare (not in Cic., nor pre-Augustan, ; visus alicui, Verg.; oculorum aciem, lunam, etc., Plin.): obscurum facere: obscurare (e.g., lumen lucernae, Cic.; also of weakening the recollection of anything): obscuritatem afferre alicui rei (Cic.).