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Italian
Etymology
From Latin improbus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)
- hard, laborious (work)
- (literary) dishonest
Derived terms
Further reading
- improbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From in- (not) + probō.
Verb
improbō (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation
- to disapprove
- to blame, condemn, reject
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
improbō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of improbus
References
- “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- improbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)