forbid Copy link Outline 1. vĕto, ui, ĭtum, 1 (usu. with acc. and inf.2. interdīco, xi, ctum, 3 (by a formal decree3. intermĭnor, 1 (in a threatening way4. expr. by impĕro, sancio, mando, with ne and subj.5. prŏhĭbeo, 2 (rare in this sense • forbid: 1. vĕto, ui, ĭtum, 1 (usu. with acc. and inf.: most gen. term): Caesar had f.en the lieutenants to give over the work, ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: Cic.: also absol., every law either orders or f.s, omnis lex aut jubet aut v., Quint. 7, 5, 5: or with acc. of person or thing alone; when I would make Greek verses, Quirinus forbade me, quum Graecos facerem versus, vetuit me Quirinus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 32: to f. war, bella v., Virg. Aen. 2, 84. Less freq. foll. by subj.: I shall f. him to be under the same roof, vetabo sub isdem sit trabibus, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 26: with ne, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 239. 2. interdīco, xi, ctum, 3 (by a formal decree: constr. with acc. of person and abl. of thing; or dat. of person and acc. of thing: also with subj.): to f. any one to partake in the sacrifices, int. aliquem sacrificiis, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: in pass., the people of Antium were f.en the use of the sea, interdictum est mare Antiati populo, Liv. 8, 14, med.: to f. any one the use of fire and water, alicui aqua et igni int., Cic. (v. to banish): he solemnly f.s Cassivellaunus to injure Mandubratius, int. [et imperat] Cassivellauno ne Mandubratio noceat, Caes. B. G. 5, 22, extr.: Ter.: Cic. 3. intermĭnor, 1 (in a threatening way: with subj.): I forbad you with threats to do so, interminatus sum ne faceres, Ter. And. 3, 2, 16: f.en food, interminatus cibus, Hor. Epod. 5, 39. (The act. form occurs in Pl.) 4. expr. by impĕro, sancio, mando, with ne and subj.: he f.s me to go away, mihi ne abscedam imperat, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30 (cf. supr. 2, fin.): Flaccus by an edict forbad the exportation of corn from Asia, Flaccus edicto sanxit, ne frumentum ex Asia exportari liceret, Cic. Fl. 28, 67: nor is that f.en by any law, nec quominus id liceret, ulla lex sanxit, Cic. ad Br. 1, 5, med.: this is f.en by the law of nature, hoc lege naturae sancitum est, ut nihil ..., Cic. Harusp. 14, 32: (Caesar) had f.en Trebonius to allow Massilia to be taken by storm, Trebonio mandaverat, ne Massiliam per vim expugnari pateretur, Caes.: v. to command. 5. prŏhĭbeo, 2 (rare in this sense: constr. with acc., also sometimes with infin.): to command what is right, and f. the opposite, recta imperare, pr. contraria, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36: at Athens an orator was f.en to move the passions, Athenis affectus movere prohibebatur orator, Quint. 6, 1, 7: the gods f., quod di prohibeant! Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 36: Pl.: v. to prevent. Phr.: the gods f., dii meliora! Cic. Sen. 14, 47; ne di sirint (= siverint), Pl. Merc. 3, 4, 28; ne istuc Jupiter O. M. sirit, Liv. 28, 28, ad med.: see also supr. (5).