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).
FORBID Copy link • FORBIDTo prohibit, vetare, with accusative and infinitive (to forbid expressly, to declare by law, that anything is not to be done): interdicere alicui aliqua re (in the Golden Age never alicui aliquid), or with ne (to forbid by virtue of official authority): alicui praedicere with ne or ut ne (to impress upon anybody not to do anything; it denotes the exhorting adviser, or friend): to forbid anybody to do anything, vetare aliquem aliquid facere: to forbid anybody one’s house, interdicere alicui domo sua (after Suet., Oct., 66); also, aliquem domum ad se non admittere: I am forbidden, vetor: it is forbidden, vetitum est; non licet: the birds forbid it (in the auspices), aves abdicunt: since the physician does not forbid it, I will drink, medico non prohibente, bibam. To hinder, impedire aliquid: impedimento esse alicui rei: impedimentum afferre alicui rei faciendae (general terms): obstare or officere alicui rei alicujus: prohibere [SYN. in HINDER]: non sinere aliquid, or, generally, non sinere aliquid fieri (οὐκ ἐάν τι, not to allow anything, not to let it pass or happen, e.g., the passage over, transitum or transire non sinere): to forbid anybody to do anything, prohibere aliquem aliquid facere or with ne, quominus faciat aliquid; aliquem impedire ab aliqua re or ne, quin, quominus faciat aliquid; non sinere aliquem aliquid facere; aliquem arcere or prohibere aliqua re: to forbid the importation of wine, vinum importari non sinere: to forbid the approach to the shore, aliquem e nave egredi prohibere: nothing forbids our doing it, nihil impedit, quominus hoe faciamus: Heaven forbid, dii meliora; ne id Deus sinat; dii prohibeant, ne etc.