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perhibeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From per- +‎ habeō (have, hold).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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perhibeō (present infinitive perhibēre, perfect active perhibuī, supine perhibitum); second conjugation

  1. to hold out, extend; present, produce, bestow, afford, grant, give
  2. to attribute, ascribe, assign
  3. to say, assert; call, name
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.178–180:
      Illam Terra parēns, īrā inrītāta deōrum,
      extrēmam, ut perhibent, Coeō Enceladōque sorōrem
      prōgenuit [...].
      [Rumor’s] mother, Terra, provoked in wrath against the gods, bore her last – so they say – a sister to Coeus and Enceladus.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • perhibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perhibeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perhibeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.