cohibeo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈhi.be.oː/, [kɔˈhɪ.be.oː]
Verb
cohibeō (present infinitive cohibēre, perfect active cohibuī, supine cohibitum); second conjugation
Inflection
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.
Related terms
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, 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
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: fletum cohibere non posse
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