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prohibeo
prohibeo
Latin
Verb
prohibeō (present infinitive prohibēre, perfect active prohibuī, supine prohibitum); second conjugation
- I hold back or before, keep off, restrain; avert; prevent, hinder
- I forbid, prohibit
- I keep, preserve, defend, protect
- I keep (someone (accusative)) off (something (ablative))
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prohibeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
- heaven forfend: di prohibeant, di meliora!