Ido

Verb

probus

1. conditional of probar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰwo- ‎(“being in front”), from *pro- ‎(“being in front”), extended form of the root *per ‎(“through, forward”) + *bʰew-, *bʰuH- "to be."

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.bus/, [ˈprɔ.bʊs]

Adjective

probus m ‎(feminine proba, neuter probum); first/second declension

1. good
2. upright, noble

Inflection

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (good): bonus

Related terms

Descendants

• French: probe
• Portuguese: probo
• Spanish: probo, proba

References

• probus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• probus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PROBUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “probus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I know very well: probe scio, non ignoro
    
• probus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• probus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray