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Probo
probo
probo
Italian
Adjective
probo m (feminine singular proba, masculine plural probi, feminine plural probe)
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References
- ↑ « probo », Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1879
Latin
Etymology
From probus (“good, virtuous”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.boː/, [ˈprɔ.boː]
Verb
probō (present infinitive probāre, perfect active probāvī, supine probātum); first conjugation
- I approve, commend
- I test, inspect
- I demonstrate, prove
- Si probare possemus Ligarium in Africa omnino non fuisse.
- If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.
- Si probare possemus Ligarium in Africa omnino non fuisse.
- I acquit, exonerate
Derived terms
Inflection
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Descendants
- Aragonese: prebar
- Asturian: probar
- Catalan: provar
- English: probe, prove
- Friulian: provâ
- German: probieren
- Hungarian: próbál
- Italian: provare
- Old French: prouver, pruver
- French: prouver
- Old Irish: promaid
- Irish: promh
- Portuguese: provar
- Romanian: proba
- Romansh: pruvar, pruver, pruar, provar
- Sardinian: proai, proare, probare, provai, provare
- Sicilian: pruvari
- Spanish: probar
- Venetian: provar, proar
References
- probo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- probo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “probo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing meets with my approval: res mihi probatur
- I express my approval of a thing: res a me probatur
- to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
- to prove one's point to a person's satisfaction: aliquid alicui probare (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- it follows from what we have shown: hoc probato consequens est
- a thing meets with my approval: res mihi probatur
- probo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016