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prohiberi

prohiberi is a Latin form of prohibeo, meaning “keep off, prevent, forbid”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 34 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.41.2: Hoc fonte prohiberi posse oppidanos cum optarent reliqui, Caesar unus videret, e regione eius vineas agere adversus montem et aggerem instruere coepit magno cum labore et continua dimicatione.

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.81: … eptimum consul domi suae senex est mortuus, cur omnium crudelissimus tam diu Cinna regnavit? At dedit poenas. Prohiberi melius fuit impedirique ne tot summos viros interficeret quam ipsum aliquando poenas dare. Summo cruciatu sup …

All forms of prohibeo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.