Latin

Verb

adhibeō ‎(present infinitive adhibēre, perfect active adhibuī, supine adhibitum); second conjugation

1. I extend, hold out.
2. I apply, employ, adopt.
3. I summon, call upon, invite.

   Sororem meam cenae adhibeo.

   I invite my sister to dinner.

4. I handle.
5. I add.

Inflection

Derived terms

• adhibitiō
• adhibitus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: adhibit

References

• adhibeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adhibeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adhibeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to exert oneself: contentionem adhibere
    
  • to consult a person, take his advice: aliquem in or ad consilium adhibere
    
  • to spur, urge a person on: calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
    
  • to restrain some one: frenos adhibere alicui
    
  • to show that one is serious: severitatem adhibere
    
  • to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem
    
  • to use violence against some one: vim adhibere, facere alicui
    
  • to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
    
  • to show moderation in a matter: moderationem, modum adhibere in aliqua re
    
  • to pray to God: adhibere deo preces
    
  • to take only enough food to support life: tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
    
  • to welcome some one to one's table: adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
    
  • to use some one's evidence: aliquem testem adhibere