cohibeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• choibeō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

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 cohibeō

From con- + habeō (“have, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈ(ɦ)ɪ.be.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈiː.be.o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cohibēre			cohibērī, cohibērier1			cohibēns			—
future		cohibitūrum esse			cohibitum īrī			cohibitūrus			cohibendus
perfect		cohibuisse			cohibitum esse			—			cohibitus
future perfect		—			cohibitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cohibitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Portuguese: coibir
• 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