improbo

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See also: improbó and ímprobo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin improbus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)

  1. hard, laborious (work)
  2. (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

  1. to disapprove
  2. to blame, condemn, reject
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

improbō

  1. 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)