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Latin
Etymology
From per- + habeō (“have, hold”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perhibeō (present infinitive perhibēre, perfect active perhibuī, supine perhibitum); second conjugation
- to hold out, extend; present, produce, bestow, afford, grant, give
- to attribute, ascribe, assign
- to say, assert; call, name
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.178–180:
- Illam Terra parēns, īrā inrītāta deōrum,
extrēmam, ut perhibent, Coeō Enceladōque sorōrem
prōgenuit .- mother, Terra, provoked in wrath against the gods, bore her last – so they say – a sister to Coeus and Enceladus.
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References
- “perhibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perhibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perhibeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.