inhibui

Inhibui is the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb inhibēre, meaning to restrain, check, hinder, or prevent. As a completed past action, inhibui appears in classical Latin texts to express that the speaker has already performed the act of restraining or hindering someone or something.

Morphology and related forms: Inhibēre is the present form, from which the perfect stem inhibu- is derived. The full perfect active paradigm is built with the suffix -uī for the first person singular (inhibuī), and with corresponding endings for other persons (inhibuistī, inhibuit, inhibuimus, inhibuistis, inhibuērunt). The participial and passive forms include inhibitus (having been restrained) and the passive constructions formed with sum, es, est, etc. For reference, the root segment inhib- carries the core meaning of restraining or hindering.

Usage: Inhibui is used to convey a completed act of restraint in the past. It commonly governs a direct object in the accusative to indicate who or what was restrained (for example, a person or adversary). The sense can range from physically stopping an action to figuratively curbing behavior or momentum. In classical prose and poetry, inhibere and its perfect form inhibuī appear in discussions of military, political, or personal restraint.

Illustrative example: Inhibuī hostem, translating to “I restrained the enemy.” This demonstrates the direct-object use of the verb with a completed past action. The form is mainly of historical linguistic interest today, as it documents Latin’s expressive system for encoding punctilious tense and aspect in restraint-related actions.