What does prohibeō mean in Latin?

prohibeō, a verb, means “to hold back or before, keep or ward off, restrain; avert; prevent, hinder”.

What are the principal parts of prohibeō?

prohibeō, prohibēre, prohibuī, prohibitum (second conjugation).

How do you pronounce prohibeō?

In classical Latin, [proˈ(ɦ)ɪ.be.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈiː.be.o].

Which English words come from prohibeō?

English words that go back to Latin prohibeō include prohibit, prohibition and prohibitive.

prohibeō, prohibēre, prohibuī, prohibitum — meaning & conjugation

Meaning

to hold back or before, keep or ward off, restrain; avert; prevent, hinder
“Hospitiō prohibēmur harēnae; bella cient, prīmāque vetant cōnsistere terrā.” “We [Trojans] are being kept back from the refuge of the beach; [the Carthaginians] provoke hostilities, and they forbid [us] to set foot on the first [part of your] land [i.e., the shoreline].” (Trojan envoy Ilioneus is addressing Queen Dido.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.540–541
to forbid, prohibit
Male etiam, quī peregrīnōs urbibus ūtī prohibent eōsque exterminant.Those who prohibit foreigners from using their cities and expel them also act badly.
to keep, preserve, defend, protect
ōrāmus prohibē īnfandōs ā nāvibus ignīs“We beg [you]: Keep dreadful fires [away] from [our] ships!” (Ilioneus petitions Queen Dido to protect the Trojan fleet now moored near Carthage.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.525
to keep someone (accusative) off something (ablative)
ut pabulatione et commeatu Romani prohibeanturSo that the Romans should be prohibited from foraging and procuring the provisionsc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.14

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

nōn sinō venīre; mīles turbam prohibet.

prohibeō -ēre -uī — in Mille Verba, Basilica et Iūs

nōn permittō

prevent, keep from

prohibeō -ēre — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 1

vetō, nōn sinō

prohibeō -ēre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 17

vetō, arceō

prohibeō -ēre — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 14

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Arcere · Prohibere

Arcere (ἀρκεῖν, from ἐρύκειν) means to keep off and bar the entry, in opp. to admittere, Plin. H. N. xii. 1; on the other hand, prohibere means to keep at a distance, and prevent the approach, in opp. to adhibere. The arcens makes defensive opposition, like the resistens, and protects the threatened; but the prohibens acts on the offensive, like the propulsans, and retaliates hostility on the assailant. (iv. 430.)

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	prohibeō	prohibēbam	prohibēbō	prohibuī	prohibueram	prohibuerō
2nd sg.	prohibēs	prohibēbās	prohibēbis	prohibuistī	prohibuerās	prohibueris
3rd sg.	prohibet	prohibēbat	prohibēbit	prohibuit	prohibuerat	prohibuerit
1st pl.	prohibēmus	prohibēbāmus	prohibēbimus	prohibuimus	prohibuerāmus	prohibuerimus
2nd pl.	prohibētis	prohibēbātis	prohibēbitis	prohibuistis	prohibuerātis	prohibueritis
3rd pl.	prohibent	prohibēbant	prohibēbunt	prohibuērunt prohibuēre	prohibuerant	prohibuerint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	prohibeam	prohibērem	prohibuerim	prohibuissem
2nd sg.	prohibeās	prohibērēs	prohibuerīs	prohibuissēs
3rd sg.	prohibeat	prohibēret	prohibuerit	prohibuisset
1st pl.	prohibeāmus	prohibērēmus	prohibuerīmus	prohibuissēmus
2nd pl.	prohibeātis	prohibērētis	prohibuerītis	prohibuissētis
3rd pl.	prohibeant	prohibērent	prohibuerint	prohibuissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	prohibeor	prohibēbar	prohibēbor
2nd sg.	prohibēris prohibēre	prohibēbāris prohibēbāre	prohibēberis prohibēbere
3rd sg.	prohibētur	prohibēbātur	prohibēbitur
1st pl.	prohibēmur	prohibēbāmur	prohibēbimur
2nd pl.	prohibēminī	prohibēbāminī	prohibēbiminī
3rd pl.	prohibentur	prohibēbantur	prohibēbuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	prohibear	prohibērer
2nd sg.	prohibeāris prohibeāre	prohibērēris prohibērēre
3rd sg.	prohibeātur	prohibērētur
1st pl.	prohibeāmur	prohibērēmur
2nd pl.	prohibeāminī	prohibērēminī
3rd pl.	prohibeantur	prohibērentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	prohibē	prohibēre
pres. 2nd pl.	prohibēte	prohibēminī
fut. 2nd sg.	prohibētō	prohibētor
fut. 3rd sg.	prohibētō	prohibētor
fut. 2nd pl.	prohibētōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	prohibentō	prohibentor

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	prohibēre	prohibērī
perfect infinitive	prohibuisse	prohibitum esse
future infinitive	prohibitūrum esse	prohibitum īrī
present participle	prohibēns prohibente, prohibentem, prohibentēs, prohibentī, prohibentia, prohibentibus, prohibentis, prohibentīs, prohibentium	—
perfect participle	—	prohibitus prohibita, prohibitā, prohibitae, prohibitam, prohibitārum, prohibitās, prohibite, prohibitī, prohibitīs, prohibitō, prohibitōrum, prohibitōs
future participle	prohibitūrus prohibitūra, prohibitūrā, prohibitūrae, prohibitūram, prohibitūrārum, prohibitūrās, prohibitūre, prohibitūrī, prohibitūrīs, prohibitūrō, prohibitūrōrum, prohibitūrōs, prohibitūrum	prohibendus

gerundprohibendī, prohibendō, prohibendumsupineprohibitum, prohibitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

censu prohibere, excludere: to strike off the burgess-roll.
di prohibeant, di meliora!: heaven forfend!
portu, terra prohiberi (B. C. 3. 15): to be unable to land.
intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu: to cut off all supplies of the enemy.

prŏ-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 (old forms, prohibessis, Cato, R. R. 141, 2; Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 323 Vahl.):

I. prohibessit, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11: prohibessint, Cic. Leg. 3, 3 fin.), v. a. habeo, to hold in front, i. e.,

I. To hold back, keep in check, to restrain, hinder, prevent, avert, keep or ward off, debar (class.; cf.: inhibeo, arceo).

A. In gen.; usually constr. aliquem or aliquid, with abl.; alone or ab and abl.; with ut, ne, quominus, or an obj.-clause; also with simple acc.; less freq. with de, the dat., or gen.

1. With ab: quo illum ab illā prohibeas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 103: prohibete a vobis vim meam, id. Capt. 4, 2, 24: praedones procul ab insulā Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144: hostem a pugnā, Caes. B. G. 4, 34: aliquem a familiaritate, congressione, patrio jure et potestate, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46: vim hostium ab oppidis, Caes. B. G. 1, 11: se suosque ab injuriā, to restrain themselves, refrain from, id. ib. 2, 28 fin.: ita prohibendo a delictis magis quam vindicando exercitum brevi confirmavit, Sall. J. 45, 3; 22, 4. —

2. With de: vim de classe, Lucil. ap. Non 528, 10.—

3. With abl.: cum suis finibus eos prohibent, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: itinere exercitum, to impede its march, id. ib. 1, 10: hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque, id. ib. 1, 15.—With abl. without an object: non prohibere aquā profluente, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 52.—

4. With dat.: aliquem alicui, to withhold from one, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 7; cf.: aditum alicui, Auct. B. Afr. 31: captae prohibere nequiret Cum Poenos aquilae, could not prevent the Carthaginians from capturing the standard, Sil. 6, 27 (but the gen., Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26; Caes. B. C. 3, 44, depends on the acc. object of prohibere; v. 7 infra).—

5. With ut, ne, quominus; rarely with quin: dii prohibeant, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151: qui tu id prohibere me potes, ne suspicer, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 50 Brix ad loc.: quod potuisti prohibere, ne fieret, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 33: ne lustrum perficeret, mors prohibuit P. Furi, Liv. 24, 43, 4: hiemem credo adhuc prohibuisse, quo minus, etc., Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1: prohibere quominus sumerent, non poterant, Hirt. B. G. 8, 34: si prohibere, quominus in unum coirent, non posset, Liv. 25, 35, 6: nec, quin erumperet, ubi vellet, prohiberi poterat, id. 26, 40, 4.—

6. With obj.-clause: qui peregrinos urbibus uti prohibent, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47: qui Bibulum exire domo prohibuissent, id. Fam. 1, 9, 7: jam se ad prohibenda circumdari opera Aequi parabant, Liv. 3, 28, 7: prohibuit migrari, Veios, id. 5, 49, 8: prohibete jus de pecuniis dici, id. 6, 18, 14; 6, 20, 6: audeat Canuleius proloqui, se delectum haberi prohibiturum, Liv. 4, 2, 12; 25, 4, 4; 25, 14, 7: qui Cimbros intra fines suos ingredi prohibuerint, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; Verg. A. 6, 606.—

7. With simple acc.: Mars pater, ut tu morbos visos invisosque, viduertatem vastitudinemque ... prohibessis, defendas averruncesque, an old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141: neque munitiones Caesaris prohibere poterat, Caes. B. G. 3, 44: motus conatusque alicujus prohibere, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo, id. Off. 1, 25, 89: quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.: prohibere comitia dicitur vitiare diem morbo, Fest. p. 236 ib.; Cato ap. Fest. l. l.: quod di prohibeant, which may the gods forbid or avert, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36; and in the same sense: dii mala prohibeant, id. Hec. 2, 1, 10; cf.: di, prohibete minas; di, talem avertite casum, Verg. A. 3, 265; and: deos quaeso, ut istaec prohibeant, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 11.—

B. In partic., to forbid, prohibit a thing (syn.: interdico, veto): tu modo ne me prohibeas accipere, siquid det mihi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 89: nemo hic prohibet nec vetat, id. Curc. 1, 1, 33: lex recta imperans prohibensque contraria, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36: sed dii et homines prohibuere redemptos vivere Romanos, Liv. 5, 49, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 104; cf.: Athenis affectus movere per praeconem prohibebatur orator, the orator was forbidden, id. 6, 1, 7: prohibitis abstinere, Sen. Ep. 83, 18.—

II. To keep away from a thing for the sake of safety (cf. defendo, II.), to keep, preserve, defend, protect (rare but class.); with ab: a quo periculo prohibete rem publicam, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: adultam virginem ab armatorum impetu, id. Brut. 96, 330.—With abl.: haec damna multa mulierum Me uxore prohibent, keep me from a wife, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 105: magnum civium numerum calamitate prohibere, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18: tenuiores injuriā, id. Off. 2, 12, 31: ad prohibendam populationibus Campaniam, Liv. 22, 14, 2.—With double acc.: id te Juppiter Prohibessit, from that may Jupiter preserve you, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11.

Origins

From prō- + habeō (“to have”). Compare Old English forhealdan for the formation.

Descendants

Catalanprohibir
Englishprohibit
Frenchprohiber
Italianproibire
Occitanproïbir
Portugueseproibir
Romanianprohibi
Spanishprohibir
Galicianprohibir
Neapolitanproibbirefrom Italian proibire

In English words that came into English from prohibeō

prohibitionprohibitiō
prohibitprohibeō
prohibitiveprohibitīvus