probrum

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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

  1. disgrace, shame
  2. abuse, insult
    Synonyms: contumelia, maledictum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative probrum probra
genitive probrī probrōrum
dative probrō probrīs
accusative probrum probra
ablative probrō probrīs
vocative probrum probra

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
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