prohibiere

Prohibiere is a form that appears in discussions of Latin orthography as a nonstandard spelling related to the verb prohibeo, prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus, which means to prohibit or to restrain. In Classical Latin, the standard infinitive is prohibēre (often written prohibēre with a macron to indicate a long vowel). In many modern editions and dictionaries, prohibiere is treated as an orthographic variant rather than a separate lexical form.

The verb prohibeo belongs to the second conjugation. Its principal parts give prohibeo, prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus. The present active indicative forms are prohibeo, prohibes, prohibet, prohibemus, prohibetis, prohibent. The present active infinitive is prohibēre; the corresponding passive infinitive is prohiberi. The perfect passive participle is prohibitus, used with forms of esse to build the passive periphrastic. The imperative in the active voice is prohibe (singular) and prohibete (plural). While prohibēre is the standard spelling in classical texts, prohibiere may appear in later manuscripts or modern texts lacking diacritic marks.

Usage and meaning: prohibeo expresses forbidding or preventing an action. Examples include sentences such as Lex furtum prohibet (The law forbids theft) or Pater filios ne domesticis sermonibus obstrepant prohibet (The father forbids his sons to disturb the household with loud talk). In Latin, prohibitory sense is often conveyed with phrases built around a verb of forbidding plus an object or clause.

Orthography and variants: prohibiere is generally considered a nonstandard or variant spelling of prohibēre. When citing classical Latin, scholars prefer prohibēre and the standard second-conjugation paradigm. Prohibiere may be encountered in manuscripts or medieval Latin, but it is not treated as a separate verb in most grammars. See also prohibeo and prohibere.