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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + habeō (“I have”). Compare Old English forhealdan for the formation.
Pronunciation
Verb
prohibeō (present infinitive prohibēre, perfect active prohibuī, supine prohibitum); second conjugation
- to hold back or before, keep or ward off, restrain; avert; prevent, hinder
- Synonyms: impediō, obstō, moror, arceō, cohibeō, supprimō, cūnctor, contineō, dētineō, retineō, refrēnō, tardō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, perimō, obstō, officiō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.540–541:
- “Hospitiō prohibēmur harēnae;
bella cient, prīmāque vetant cōnsistere terrā.”- “We are being kept back from the refuge of the beach; provoke hostilities, and they forbid to set foot on the first land .”
(Trojan envoy Ilioneus is addressing Queen Dido.)
- to forbid, prohibit
- Synonyms: abdīcō, vetō
- to keep, preserve, defend, protect
- Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, servō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, adsum, sustineō, dēfendō, tueor, arceō
- Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.525:
- “ōrāmus prohibē īnfandōs ā nāvibus ignīs”
- “We beg : Keep dreadful fires from ships!”
(Ilioneus petitions Queen Dido to protect the Trojan fleet now moored near Carthage.)
- to keep someone (accusative) off something (ablative)
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “prohibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prohibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prohibeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- heaven forfend: di prohibeant, di meliora!
- to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
- to strike off the burgess-roll: censu prohibere, excludere
- to cut off all supplies of the enemy: intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu
- to be unable to land: portu, terra prohiberi (B. C. 3. 15)