cohibeo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ habeō (“have, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈhi.be.oː/, [koˈ(ɦ)ɪbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈi.be.o/, [koˈiːbeo]

Verb

cohibeō (present infinitive cohibēre, perfect active cohibuī, supine cohibitum); second conjugation

1. to hold together, contain, confine, comprise

   Synonyms: teneō, contineō

2. to keep (back), hinder, stay, stop, restrain

   Synonyms: arceō, retineō, prohibeō, resistō, interclūdō, sistō, excludō, dētineō

3. to hold in check, limit, repress, subdue, tame

   Synonyms: reprimō, supprimō, sepeliō, opprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, subigō, domō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cohibeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cohibeō	cohibēs	cohibet	cohibēmus	cohibētis	cohibent
	imperfect	cohibēbam	cohibēbās	cohibēbat	cohibēbāmus	cohibēbātis	cohibēbant
	future	cohibēbō	cohibēbis	cohibēbit	cohibēbimus	cohibēbitis	cohibēbunt
	perfect	cohibuī	cohibuistī	cohibuit	cohibuimus	cohibuistis	cohibuērunt, cohibuēre
	pluperfect	cohibueram	cohibuerās	cohibuerat	cohibuerāmus	cohibuerātis	cohibuerant
	future perfect	cohibuerō	cohibueris	cohibuerit	cohibuerimus	cohibueritis	cohibuerint
passive	present	cohibeor	cohibēris, cohibēre	cohibētur	cohibēmur	cohibēminī	cohibentur
	imperfect	cohibēbar	cohibēbāris, cohibēbāre	cohibēbātur	cohibēbāmur	cohibēbāminī	cohibēbantur
	future	cohibēbor	cohibēberis, cohibēbere	cohibēbitur	cohibēbimur	cohibēbiminī	cohibēbuntur
	perfect	cohibitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cohibitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cohibitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cohibeam	cohibeās	cohibeat	cohibeāmus	cohibeātis	cohibeant
	imperfect	cohibērem	cohibērēs	cohibēret	cohibērēmus	cohibērētis	cohibērent
	perfect	cohibuerim	cohibuerīs	cohibuerit	cohibuerīmus	cohibuerītis	cohibuerint
	pluperfect	cohibuissem	cohibuissēs	cohibuisset	cohibuissēmus	cohibuissētis	cohibuissent
passive	present	cohibear	cohibeāris, cohibeāre	cohibeātur	cohibeāmur	cohibeāminī	cohibeantur
	imperfect	cohibērer	cohibērēris, cohibērēre	cohibērētur	cohibērēmur	cohibērēminī	cohibērentur
	perfect	cohibitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cohibitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cohibē	—	—	cohibēte	—
	future	—	cohibētō	cohibētō	—	cohibētōte	cohibentō
passive	present	—	cohibēre	—	—	cohibēminī	—
	future	—	cohibētor	cohibētor	—	—	cohibentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cohibēre	cohibuisse	cohibitūrum esse	cohibērī, cohibērier1	cohibitum esse	cohibitum īrī
participles		cohibēns	—	cohibitūrus	—	cohibitus	cohibendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cohibendī	cohibendō	cohibendum	cohibendō	cohibitum	cohibitū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• cohibilis
• cohibitiō
• cohibitus

 

Related terms

• abhibeō
• adhibeō
• antehabeō
• diribeō
• exhibeō
• habeō
• inhibeō
• perhibeō
• posthabeō
• praehibeō
• prohibeō
• ratihabeō
• redhibeō

Descendants

• English: cohibit
• Spanish: cohibir

References

• “cohibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cohibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cohibeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
    
  • to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
    
  • to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: animum regere, coercere, cohibere
    
  • to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates