LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

exhibeō

exhibeō (present infinitive exhibēre, perfect active exhibuī, supine exhibitum)
Classical[ɛkˈsɪ.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈziː.be.o]

Meaning

  1. to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal
  2. to deliver, give up, produce; furnish, supply, provide, render
  3. Late Latinto show, confer
  4. to maintain, support, sustain
  5. to exhibit, employ, occasion, cause

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Præbere · Exhibere · Præstare · Representare

Præbere and exhibere denote a voluntary act of the giver, by which a want or wish of the receiver is satisfied; the præbens (præhibens) is considered in relation to the receiver, to whom he gives up what he himself before possessed; the exhibens, in relation to the world at large, and generally gives to him who has the best claim, what he himself before possessed; whereas præstare and repræsentare denote an involuntary act of the giver, who only fulfils a duty, as to perform or discharge; the præstans releases himself from an obligation by discharging it, in opp. to being longer in a state of liability; the repræsentans fulfils a promise, in opp. to longer putting off. (iv. 132.)

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exhibeōexhibēbamexhibēbōexhibuīexhibueramexhibuerō
2nd sg.exhibēsexhibēbāsexhibēbisexhibuistīexhibuerāsexhibueris
3rd sg.exhibetexhibēbatexhibēbitexhibuitexhibueratexhibuerit
1st pl.exhibēmusexhibēbāmusexhibēbimusexhibuimusexhibuerāmusexhibuerimus
2nd pl.exhibētisexhibēbātisexhibēbitisexhibuistisexhibuerātisexhibueritis
3rd pl.exhibentexhibēbantexhibēbuntexhibuērunt
exhibuēre
exhibuerantexhibuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exhibeamexhibēremexhibuerimexhibuissem
2nd sg.exhibeāsexhibērēsexhibuerīsexhibuissēs
3rd sg.exhibeatexhibēretexhibueritexhibuisset
1st pl.exhibeāmusexhibērēmusexhibuerīmusexhibuissēmus
2nd pl.exhibeātisexhibērētisexhibuerītisexhibuissētis
3rd pl.exhibeantexhibērentexhibuerintexhibuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exhibeorexhibēbarexhibēbor
2nd sg.exhibēris
exhibēre
exhibēbāris
exhibēbāre
exhibēberis
exhibēbere
3rd sg.exhibēturexhibēbāturexhibēbitur
1st pl.exhibēmurexhibēbāmurexhibēbimur
2nd pl.exhibēminīexhibēbāminīexhibēbiminī
3rd pl.exhibenturexhibēbanturexhibēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exhibearexhibērer
2nd sg.exhibeāris
exhibeāre
exhibērēris
exhibērēre
3rd sg.exhibeāturexhibērētur
1st pl.exhibeāmurexhibērēmur
2nd pl.exhibeāminīexhibērēminī
3rd pl.exhibeanturexhibērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exhibēexhibēre
pres. 2nd pl.exhibēteexhibēminī
fut. 2nd sg.exhibētōexhibētor
fut. 3rd sg.exhibētōexhibētor
fut. 2nd pl.exhibētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exhibentōexhibentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexhibēreexhibērī
perfect infinitiveexhibuisseexhibitum esse
future infinitiveexhibitūrum esseexhibitum īrī
present participleexhibēns—
perfect participle—exhibitus
exhibita, exhibitā, exhibitae, exhibitam, exhibitārum, exhibitās, exhibite, exhibitī, exhibitīs, exhibitō, exhibitōrum, exhibitōs
future participleexhibitūrus
exhibitūra, exhibitūrā, exhibitūrae, exhibitūram, exhibitūrārum, exhibitūrās, exhibitūre, exhibitūrī, exhibitūrīs, exhibitūrō, exhibitūrōrum, exhibitūrōs, exhibitūrum
exhibendus
exhibenda, exhibendā, exhibendae, exhibendam, exhibendārum, exhibendās, exhibende, exhibendīs, exhibendōrum, exhibendōs
gerundexhibendī, exhibendō, exhibendumsupineexhibitum, exhibitū

ex-hĭbĕo (ex-ibeo, v. Brix. ad Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 37), ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. habeo; lit., to hold out, reach out; hence,
I. To hold forth, tender, present; to deliver, give up, produce (class.; syn.: praebeo, porrigo, praesto, tribuo, ministro, do, dono, dedo, etc.).
A. Lit.: ait Praetor: QVEM HOMINEM DOLO MALO RETINES, EXHIBEAS.... Exhibere est in publicum producere, et videndi tangendique hominis facultatem praebere; proprie autem exhibere est extra secretum habere, Dig. 43, 29, 1 and 3, § 8: jam periculum est ne cogantur ad exhibendum formulam accipere, i. e. to acknowledge legal notice, etc. Sen. Ep. 50, 1: alicui omnia integra, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 63: exhibe librarium illud legum vestrarum, id. Mil. 12, 33: pallium, Petr. 15: tabulas testamenti, Suet. Vit. 14: rationes, Dig. 40, 5, 41 fin.: fratres exhibe, Cic. Fl. 15, 35; so, fugitivos apud magistratus, Dig. 11, 4, 1: aliquem apud acta, ib. 2, 4, 17: debitorem in judicium, ib. 12, 2, 28 quadringentos senatores ad ferrum, Suet. Ner. 12 et saep.: vias tutas, i. e. to make safe, Ov. Pont. 4, 5, 34: toros, i. e. to furnish, allow, id. H. 17, 194: exhibuit querulos ore gemente sonos, uttered, id. Tr. 3, 11, 54.—
B. Transf.
1. To show, to display, to exhibit: exhibuit gemino praesignia tempora cornu, Ov. M. 15, 611: notam linguae, id. ib. 14, 526: exhibuit linguam paternam, displayed, i. e. used the language of her father, id. ib. 6, 213: faciem sucumque, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41: malui me tribunum omnibus exhibere quam paucis advocatum, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 4: se ministratorem alicui, Suet. Vit. 17: se adorandum adeuntibus, id. Calig. 22 (but not in Cic. Sest. 50, 107, where the right reading is praebuit, v. Halm. ad h. l.).—In the latter (reflexive) sense sometimes without se: quid me putas populo nostro exhibiturum? how I shall exhibit, show myself, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18; cf.: qui vere civilem virum exhibeat, shows, proves himself, Quint. 12, 2, 7 Spald.; Ov. M. 6, 44: pro fratre hostem exhibuit, Just. 27, 2.—
(b). To show, confer (late Lat.): alicui honorem, Aug. Serm. 46, 7.—
2. To maintain, support, sustain (post-class.; esp. freq. in jurid. Lat.): si quis a liberis ali desideret, vel liberi, ut a parente exhibeantur, Dig. 25, 3, 5; so, aliquem, ib. 1, 12, 1; 3, 5, 33 al.; cf.: Scythas alimentis, Just. 9, 2: vitam, id. 11, 10; 22, 1.
II. To show, exhibit, employ; to procure, occasion, cause: rem salvam exhibebo, I will set it all right, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 51: quorum virtus exhibet solidum decus, Phaedr. 4, 23, 24: vocis fidem, id. 3, 19 Epil. 9: munificentiam, Suet. Tib. 48: liberalitatem, clementiam, comitatem, id. Ner. 10; cf.: liberalitatem et justitiam, Plin. Pan. 33, 2: vicem spodii, i.e. to supply the place of, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125; cf.: vicem testamenti, Dig. 29, 6, 16: humanitatem, to exercise, exhibit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 2: diligentiam, Dig. 18, 6, 2: imperium, to exercise, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 57: alicui molestiam, to cause, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 2; Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 3; id. Capt. 4, 2, 37: negotium hominibus, to produce, occasion, id. Poen. 1, 2, 30; cf.: qui deum nihil habere ipsum negotii (dicunt), nihil exhibere alteri, Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102; id. ib. 3, 31, 112: negotium alicui, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 14; id. Most. 3, 1, 38; id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Pers. 2, 5, 14; and once reflexively: jam se exhibebit hic mihi negotium, will present itself, id. Rud. 2, 6, 72: argutias mihi, id. Most. 1, 1, 2: difficilem laborem alicui, Col. 5, 5, 17: curam alicui, Tib. 2, 1, 61 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexhibeō

Latin ex- 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 exhibeō From ex- + habeō (“have, hold”).

Descendants
  • Catalanexhibir
  • Englishexhibit
  • Frenchexhiber
  • Italianesibire
  • Portugueseexibir
  • Spanishexhibir
  • Galicianexhibir
  • Piedmonteseesibì

In English words that came into English from exhibeō

  • exhibitexhibitus
  • exhibitorexhibitor

Quick answers

What does exhibeō mean in Latin?
exhibeō, a verb, means “to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal; to deliver, give up, produce; furnish, supply, provide, render”.
What are the principal parts of exhibeō?
exhibeō, exhibēre, exhibuī, exhibitum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce exhibeō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈsɪ.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈziː.be.o].
Where does exhibeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exhibeō.