LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

adhibeō

adhibeō (present infinitive adhibēre, perfect active adhibuī, supine adhibitum)
Classical[aˈdɪ.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[aˈdiː.be.o]
adhibitus perf. pass. ptcp.№ 959 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to extend, hold out
    Quīn adhibuistī, dum istaec loquēre, tympanum?Why didn't you hold out a tambourine while saying this? 'cause I think you're more of a catamite than a man.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.5.38–39
    Nōn tamen ūlla magis praesēns fortūna labōrum est, quam sī quis ferrō potuit rescindere summum ulceris ōs: alitur vitium vīvitque tegendō, dum medicās adhibēre manūs ad vulnera pāstorHowever there isn't any success of the efforts more present than if someone could cut with iron the top opening of the ulcer: the problem is nourished and lives by concealment, while the shepherd doesn't allow medical hands to hold out to the wound, and sits asking the gods for better omens.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.452–456
  2. to attend (to), handle, look after
  3. to apply, adopt, employ
  4. to summon, call upon, invite
    […]'Officium crās prīmō sōle mihī peragendum in valle Quirīnī.' 'Quae causa officiī?' 'Quid quaeris? nūbit amīcus, nec multōs adhibet.[…][…] 'A ceremony tomorrow I must attend in the valley of Quirinus at sunrise.' 'What's the ceremony for?' 'Why do you want to know? A friend's getting married to a man, and he doesn't invite too many.' […]c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 2.132–135
  5. to add

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ad mē vocō et ūtor; amīcōs ad cēnam adhibeō.
adhibeō -ēre -uī — in Mille Verba, Convīvium

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.adhibeōadhibēbamadhibēbōadhibuīadhibueramadhibuerō
2nd sg.adhibēsadhibēbāsadhibēbisadhibuistīadhibuerāsadhibueris
3rd sg.adhibetadhibēbatadhibēbitadhibuitadhibueratadhibuerit
1st pl.adhibēmusadhibēbāmusadhibēbimusadhibuimusadhibuerāmusadhibuerimus
2nd pl.adhibētisadhibēbātisadhibēbitisadhibuistisadhibuerātisadhibueritis
3rd pl.adhibentadhibēbantadhibēbuntadhibuērunt
adhibuēre		adhibuerantadhibuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.adhibeamadhibēremadhibuerimadhibuissem
2nd sg.adhibeāsadhibērēsadhibuerīsadhibuissēs
3rd sg.adhibeatadhibēretadhibueritadhibuisset
1st pl.adhibeāmusadhibērēmusadhibuerīmusadhibuissēmus
2nd pl.adhibeātisadhibērētisadhibuerītisadhibuissētis
3rd pl.adhibeantadhibērentadhibuerintadhibuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.adhibeoradhibēbaradhibēbor
2nd sg.adhibēris
adhibēre		adhibēbāris
adhibēbāre		adhibēberis
adhibēbere
3rd sg.adhibēturadhibēbāturadhibēbitur
1st pl.adhibēmuradhibēbāmuradhibēbimur
2nd pl.adhibēminīadhibēbāminīadhibēbiminī
3rd pl.adhibenturadhibēbanturadhibēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.adhibearadhibērer
2nd sg.adhibeāris
adhibeāre		adhibērēris
adhibērēre
3rd sg.adhibeāturadhibērētur
1st pl.adhibeāmuradhibērēmur
2nd pl.adhibeāminīadhibērēminī
3rd pl.adhibeanturadhibērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.adhibēadhibēre
pres. 2nd pl.adhibēteadhibēminī
fut. 2nd sg.adhibētōadhibētor
fut. 3rd sg.adhibētōadhibētor
fut. 2nd pl.adhibētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.adhibentōadhibentor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadhibēreadhibērī
perfect infinitiveadhibuisseadhibitum esse
future infinitiveadhibitūrum esseadhibitum īrī
present participleadhibēns—
perfect participle—adhibitus
adhibita, adhibitā, adhibitae, adhibitam, adhibitārum, adhibitās, adhibite, adhibitī, adhibitīs, adhibitō, adhibitōrum, adhibitōs
future participleadhibitūrus
adhibitūra, adhibitūrā, adhibitūrae, adhibitūram, adhibitūrārum, adhibitūrās, adhibitūre, adhibitūrī, adhibitūrīs, adhibitūrō, adhibitūrōrum, adhibitūrōs, adhibitūrum		adhibendus
gerundadhibendī, adhibendō, adhibendumsupineadhibitum, adhibitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

adhibere deo preces
to pray to God.
severitatem adhibere
to show that one is serious.
contentionem adhibere
to exert oneself.
frenos adhibere alicui
to restrain some one.
aliquem testem adhibere
to use some one's evidence.
vim adhibere, facere alicui
to use violence against some one.
sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
with no moderation.
crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem
to exercise one's cruelty on some one.
6 more phrases
aliquem in or ad consilium adhibere
to consult a person, take his advice.
modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
to observe moderation, be moderate.
moderationem, modum adhibere in aliqua re
to show moderation in a matter.
tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
to take only enough food to support life.
calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
to spur, urge a person on.
adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
to welcome some one to one's table.

ăd-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. habeo,
I. to hold toward or to, to turn, bring, add to; with ad, in, dat. or absol.
I. In gen.
A. Lit.: cur non adhibuisti, dum istaec loquereris, tympanum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38: huc adhibete aurīs (ad ea) quae ego loquar, id. Ps. 1, 2, 20: ad mea formosos vultus adhibete carmina, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 37; cf. ib. 13, 15: manus medicas ad vulnera, Verg. G. 3, 455: odores ad deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 40: quos negat ad panem adhibere quidquam, praeter nasturtium, to eat with it, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34: alicui calcaria, id. Brut. 56 (cf. addere calcar, v. addo): manus genibus adhibet, i. e. admovet, genua amplexatur, Ov. M. 9, 216: vincula captis, to put them on them, id. F. 3, 293.—
B. Trop.: metum ut mihi adhibeam, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 20; cf. Quint. 1, 3, 15: nunc animum nobis adhibe veram ad rationem, Lucr. 2, 1023; Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: vacuas aurīs adhibe ad veram rationem, Lucr. 1, 51; cf. Ov. M. 15, 238; Verg. A. 11, 315: ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem afferat, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50: est ea (oratio) quidem utilior, sed raro proficit neque est ad vulgus adhibenda, id. Tusc. 4, 28, 60: adhibere cultus, honores, preces, diis immortalibus, id. N. D. 1, 2; cf. Tac. A. 14, 53: alicui voluptates, Cic. Mur. 35: consolationem, id. Brut. 96: omnes ii motus, quos orator adhibere volet judici, which the orator may wish to communicate to the judge, id. de Or. 2, 45 al.—Hence = addere, adjungere, to add to: uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam non adhiberet, Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 39: ad domesticorum majorumque morem etiam hanc a Socrate adventitiam doctrinam adhibuerunt, id. Rep. 3, 3.
II. Esp.
A. Of persons, to bring one to a place, to summon, to employ (cf. the Engl. to have one up): hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, quin mihi testes adhibeam, Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 2; so Cic. Fin. 2, 21; Tac. A. 15, 14: medicum, Cic. Fat. 12: leges, ad quas (sc. defendendas) adhibemur, we are summoned, id. Clu. 52: nec, quoniam apud Graecos judices res agetur, poteris adhibere Demosthenem, id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: adhibebitur heros, shall be brought upon the stage, Hor. A. P. 227: castris adhibere socios et foedera jungere, Verg. A. 8, 56: aliquem in partem periculi, Ov. M. 11, 447: in auxilium, Just. 3, 6.—
B. Adhibere ad or in consilium, to send for one in order to receive counsel from him, to consult one: neque hos ad concilium adhibendos censeo, Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 3: in consilium, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; so also absol.: a tuis reliquis non adhibemur, we are not consulted, Cic. Fam. 4, 7; so ib. 10, 25; 11, 7; id. Off. 3, 20; id. Phil. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Suet. Claud. 35; cf. Cortius ad Sall. J. 113, and ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 15.—But sometimes adhibere in consilium = admittere in cons., to admit to a consultation. —So trop.: est tuum, sic agitare animo, ut non adhibeas in consilium cogitationum tuarum desperationem aut timorem, Cic. Fam. 6, 1.—
C. Adhibere aliquem cenae, epulis, etc., to invite to a dinner, to a banquet, etc., to entertain: adhibete Penatīs et patrios epulis, etc., Verg. A. 5, 62; so Hor. C. 4, 5, 32; Suet. Caes. 73; Aug. 74: in convivium, Nep. praef. 7.—And absol., to receive, to treat: quos ego universos adhiberi liberaliter dico oportere, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 5: Quintum filium severius adhibebo, id. Att. 10, 12.—
D. Adhibere se ad aliquid, to betake or apply one's self to a thing, i. e. to devote attention to it: adhibere se remotum a curis veram ad rationem, Lucr. 1, 44 (cf. above I. A.); and absol.: adhibere se, to appear or to behave one's self in any manner: permagni est hominis, sic se adhibere in tanta potestate, ut nulla alia potestas ab iis, quibus ipse praeest, desideretur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7.—
E. Adhibere aliquid ad aliquid, alicui rei, or with in and abl., to put a thing to a determinate use, to apply, to use or employ for or in any thing definite (therefore, with intention and deliberation; on the contr., usurpare denotes merely momentary use; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8; and uti, use that arises from some necessity, Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 20): adhibere omnem diligentiam ad convalescendum, Cic. Fam. 16, 9; cf. ib. 6; Nep. Att. 21: cautionem privatis rebus suis, Cic. Att. 1, 19: medicinam aegroto, id. ib. 16, 15: humatis titulum, i. e. inscriptionem addere, Liv. 26, 25: belli necessitatibus patientiam, id. 5, 6: fraudem testamento, Suet. Dom. 2: curam viis, id. Vesp. 5: fidem et diligentiam in amicorum periculis, Cic. Clu. 42, 118: misericordiam in fortunis alicujus et sapientiam in salute reip., id. Rab. Perd. 2: flores in causis, id. Or. 19: curam in valetudine tuenda, Cels. 3, 18; and with de: curam de aliqua re, Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3: modum, to set a limit to, to set bounds to: vitio, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17: sumptibus, Suet. Ner. 16: cf. id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 34: voluptati, Quint. 9, 3, 74: memoriam contumeliae, to retain it in memory, Nep. Epam. 7.—
F. Adhibere aliquid, in gen., to use, employ, exercise: neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79: fidem, id. Rud. 4, 3, 104: celeritatem, Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2: calumniam, fraudem, dolum, id. Auct. Or. pro Dom. 14, 36: modum quemdam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; Suet. Calig. 2: nulla arte adhibita, Caes. B. C. 3, 26: sollertiam, Tibull. 3, 4, 75: querelas, Plin. Ep. 1, 12: adhibere moram = differre, Pompon. Dig. 18, 6, 16.—
G. In later Lat.: alicui aliquem, to bring up, quote one to another as authority for an assertion: is nos aquam multam ex diluta nive bibentis coërcebat, severiusque increpabat adhibebatque nobis auctoritates nobilium medicorum, Gell. 19, 5, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadhibeō

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Latin adhibeō From ad- + habeō (“have”).

Descendants
  • Italianadibire
  • Spanishadhibir
  • Englishadhibit
  • Middle Frenchadhiber
  • Old Occitanadhibir

In English words that came into English from adhibeō

  • adhibitadhibitus
  • adhibitionadhibitiō

Quick answers

What does adhibeō mean in Latin?
adhibeō, a verb, means “to extend, hold out; to attend (to), handle, look after; to apply, adopt, employ”.
What are the principal parts of adhibeō?
adhibeō, adhibēre, adhibuī, adhibitum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce adhibeō?
In classical Latin, [aˈdɪ.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈdiː.be.o].
Where does adhibeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adhibeō.