probus

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probus

  1. conditional of probar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *proβwos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). See also prōsum. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhú, “excellent, foremost, potent”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

probus (feminine proba, neuter probum, comparative probior, superlative probissimus, adverb probē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able
  2. (morally) upright, honest, virtuous, moral, proven

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative probus proba probum probī probae proba
Genitive probī probae probī probōrum probārum probōrum
Dative probō probō probīs
Accusative probum probam probum probōs probās proba
Ablative probō probā probō probīs
Vocative probe proba probum probī probae proba

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Descendants

  • French: probe
  • Italian: probo
  • → Portuguese: probo
  • Sicilian: provu
  • → Spanish: probo

References

  • “probus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “probus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • probus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • probus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I know very well: probe scio, non ignoro
  • “probus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “probus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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