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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰr-o- (“what is brought up against someone as a reproach”), from *prō- (“forward; toward”) + *bʰer- (“to carry”), whence Latin ferō.
Noun
probrum n (genitive probrī); second declension
- disgrace, shame
- abuse, insult
- Synonyms: contumelia, maledictum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “probrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “probrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- probrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490