PROHIBEBANTUR, prohibebantur
Sounds Like: pro-hee-BEH-bahn-toor
Translations: they were being prevented, they were being prohibited, they were being forbidden
From the root: PROHIBEO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a Latin verb meaning 'they were being prevented' or 'they were being prohibited'. It describes an action that was ongoing in the past and was done to the subject (passive voice). It is often used to indicate that someone or something was not allowed to do something, or was being kept from doing it.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect Tense, Indicative Mood, Passive Voice
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PROHIBEO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PROHIBENTEM — prohibiting, preventing, hindering, restraining, forbidding, one prohibiting, one preventing
- PROHIBEO — prohibit, prevent, hinder, forbid, keep off, restrain, avert, keep away
- PROHIBITUM — forbidden, prohibited, a forbidden thing, that which is forbidden
- PROHIBUIT — he prohibited, she prohibited, it prohibited, he prevented, she prevented, it prevented, he forbade, she forbade, it forbade
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