LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

praebeō

praebeō (present infinitive praebēre, perfect active praebuī, supine praebitum)
Classical[ˈprae̯.be.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛː.be.o]
№ 584 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to proffer, offer
  2. to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service
    Nam ut cuiusque studium ex aetāte flāgrābat, aliīs scorta praebēre, aliīs canēs atque equōs mercārī.As the passions of each, according to his years, appeared excited, he furnished mistresses to some, bought horses and dogs for others.86 BCE – c. 35 BCE, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Bellum Catalinae 14.6
    Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān, nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē, nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō margine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 1.10–14
  3. to show, display
  4. reflexiveto show oneself (to be)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dō quod opus est; aquam fessō praebēmus.
praebeō -ēre praebuī — in Mille Verba, Mercātus

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.praebeōpraebēbampraebēbōpraebuīpraebuerampraebuerō
2nd sg.praebēspraebēbāspraebēbispraebuistīpraebuerāspraebueris
3rd sg.praebetpraebēbatpraebēbitpraebuitpraebueratpraebuerit
1st pl.praebēmuspraebēbāmuspraebēbimuspraebuimuspraebuerāmuspraebuerimus
2nd pl.praebētispraebēbātispraebēbitispraebuistispraebuerātispraebueritis
3rd pl.praebentpraebēbantpraebēbuntpraebuērunt
praebuēre		praebuerantpraebuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.praebeampraebērempraebuerimpraebuissem
2nd sg.praebeāspraebērēspraebuerīspraebuissēs
3rd sg.praebeatpraebēretpraebueritpraebuisset
1st pl.praebeāmuspraebērēmuspraebuerīmuspraebuissēmus
2nd pl.praebeātispraebērētispraebuerītispraebuissētis
3rd pl.praebeantpraebērentpraebuerintpraebuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.praebeorpraebēbarpraebēbor
2nd sg.praebēris
praebēre		praebēbāris
praebēbāre		praebēberis
praebēbere
3rd sg.praebēturpraebēbāturpraebēbitur
1st pl.praebēmurpraebēbāmurpraebēbimur
2nd pl.praebēminīpraebēbāminīpraebēbiminī
3rd pl.praebenturpraebēbanturpraebēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.praebearpraebērer
2nd sg.praebeāris
praebeāre		praebērēris
praebērēre
3rd sg.praebeāturpraebērētur
1st pl.praebeāmurpraebērēmur
2nd pl.praebeāminīpraebērēminī
3rd pl.praebeanturpraebērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.praebēpraebēre
pres. 2nd pl.praebētepraebēminī
fut. 2nd sg.praebētōpraebētor
fut. 3rd sg.praebētōpraebētor
fut. 2nd pl.praebētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.praebentōpraebentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepraebērepraebērī
praebērier
perfect infinitivepraebuissepraebitum esse
future infinitivepraebitūrum essepraebitum īrī
present participlepraebēns—
perfect participle—praebitus
praebita, praebitā, praebitae, praebitam, praebitārum, praebitās, praebite, praebitī, praebitīs, praebitō, praebitōrum, praebitōs
future participlepraebitūrus
praebitūra, praebitūrā, praebitūrae, praebitūram, praebitūrārum, praebitūrās, praebitūre, praebitūrī, praebitūrīs, praebitūrō, praebitūrōrum, praebitūrōs, praebitūrum		praebendus
praebenda, praebendā, praebendae, praebendam, praebendārum, praebendās, praebende, praebendīs, praebendōrum, praebendōs
gerundpraebendī, praebendō, praebendumsupinepraebitum, praebitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

fortem te praebe
be brave!
solacium praebere
to comfort.
aures praebere alicui
to listen to a person.
moderatum se praebere
to behave with moderation.
materiem ad ornatum praebere
to afford matter for elaboration, embellishment.
utilitatem afferre, praebere
to be serviceable.
speciem alicuius rei praebere
to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of...
aequum iudicem se alicui praebere
to judge some one equitably.
2 more phrases
sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
to give audience to some one.
occasionem alicui dare, praebere alicuius rei or ad aliquid faciendum
to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing.

praebĕo, ŭi, ĭtum (old
I. inf. praeberier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; id. Am. 4, 2, 7), 2, v. a. contr. from praehibeo, q. v. from prae-habeo, to hold forth, reach out, proffer, offer (class., esp. in the trop. signif.; syn.: ministro, suppedito, suggero).
I. Lit.: canis parvulo praebens ubera, Just. 1, 4: cibum de manu, Col. 9, 1, 6: collum cultris, Juv 10, 269: praebenda gladio cervix, id. 10, 345: jugulum, Sen. Agam. 973: cervicem, Petr. 97: os ad contumeliam, Liv. 4, 35: verberibus manus, Ov. A. A. 1, 16: aures, to give ear, listen, attend, Liv. 38, 52; Vulg.Sap. 6, 3: aurem, id. Job, 6, 28.—
II. Transf., in gen., to give, grant, furnish, supply: aurum, vestem, purpuram Bene praebeo, nec quicquam eges, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 11: panem, Nep. Them. 10, 3: sumptum, Just. 31, 4, 1: spectaculum, Sall. J. 14, 23: sponsalia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 1: vicem, to supply the place of: vicem postium, to supply the place of posts, serve as posts, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31: eundem usum, id. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—
B. Trop., to give, grant, furnish, render, cause, make, occasion; to show, exhibit, represent; and with se, to show, approve, behave one's self in a certain manner: operam reipublicae, Liv. 5, 4: materiam seditionis, id. 3, 46: honorem alicui, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19 (al. perhibuit): fidem alicui in periculis, Nep. Att. 4, 4.—Esp. with se and acc. of adj.: se talem alicui, qualem, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: in re misericordem et in testimonio religiosum se praebuit, id. Caecin. 10, 26: Pompeius se auctorem meae salutis praebuit, id. Sest. 50, 107: in eo vehementer se moderatum praebere, id. Off. 2, 21, 73: se in malis hominem praebuit, id. Fam. 15, 17, 3: se dignum suis majoribus, id. ib. 2, 18, 3: in eos, qui ea perficere voluerunt, me severum vehementemque praebeo, id. Cat. 4, 6, 12: me similem in utroque praebui, towards both, id. Sull. 8, 16.—With nom. of adj. (very rare): ut vobis videtur, praebebit se periculis fortis, Sen. Ep. 85, 26.—With abl.: pari se virtute praebuit, Nep. Dat. 2, 1: in eo magistratu pari diligentiā se Hannibal praebuit, id. Hann. 7, 5.—So, also, without se: Phormio in hac re ut aliis strenuum hominem praebuit, Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 12; so, too, in neutr. signif. of a woman, to surrender herself to her lover: odi quae praebet, quia sit praebere necesse, Ov. A. A. 2, 685: praebere se legibus, i. e. to resign one's self to, submit to, Sen. Ep. 70, 9: praebere causam tollendi indutias, to give, Liv. 30, 4: suspicionem insidiarum, Nep. Dat. 10, 3: spem impunitatis aut locum peccandi, Col. 11, 1: gaudium et metum, Liv. 25, 27: tumultum, id. 28, 1: opinionem timoris, Caes. B. G. 3, 17: sonitum, Liv. 7, 36: caput argutae historiae, matter for an entertaining story, Prop. 3 (4), 20, 28. ludos, to furnish sport, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 9.—With an obj.-clause, to permit, allow, let a thing be done (poet.): quae toties rapta est, praebuit ipsa rapi, suffered herself to be carried off, Ov. H. 5, 132.—Hence, praebĭta, ōrum, n., what is furnished for support, allowance (postAug.): annua, Col. 1, 8, 17: praebitis annuis privavit, Suet. Tib. 50.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  9. Proto-Italic*praihaβēō
  10. Latinpraebeō

Inherited from Proto-Italic *praihaβēō. By surface analysis, prae- (“before”) + habeō (“to have”).

In English words that came into English from praebeō

  • prebendpraebendus

Quick answers

What does praebeō mean in Latin?
praebeō, a verb, means “to proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, display”.
What are the principal parts of praebeō?
praebeō, praebēre, praebuī, praebitum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce praebeō?
In classical Latin, [ˈprae̯.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɛː.be.o].
Where does praebeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *haβēō → Proto-Italic *praihaβēō → Latin praebeō.