See also: Probo, probó, and próbo

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probo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of probar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin probus,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (being in front), from *pro- (being in front), extended form of the root *per (through, forward) + *bʰuH- (to be).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbo
  • Hyphenation: prò‧bo

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probo (feminine proba, masculine plural probi, feminine plural probe)

  1. having strong moral principles; honest, decent, virtuous

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  1. ^ « probo », Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1879

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *proβwāō, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s (being in front), from *pro- (forward) + *bʰuH- (to be).[1] Equivalent to probus (good, fit) +‎ .

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probō (present infinitive probāre, perfect active probāvī, supine probātum); first conjugation

  1. to approve, permit, commend
    Synonyms: approbō, assentiō, cōnscīscō, scīscō, adnuō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.110-112:
      “[...] sī Iuppiter ūnam / esse velit Tyriīs urbem Troiāque profectīs, / miscērīve probet populōs, aut foedera iungī.”
      [Venus tells Juno that she is uncertain] “whether Jupiter wills [there] to be one city derived from Tyrians and Trojans, [and] if he will approve [of us] having blended [these] peoples, or the treaties to unite [them].”
  2. to test, to inspect
    Synonyms: periclitor, experior, tempto, explōrō, spectō
  3. to examine
    Synonyms: reputō, cōnsīderō, perpendō, circumspiciō, spectō
  4. to demonstrate, to prove, to show
    • 46 BCE, Cicero, Pro Ligario 16.2:
      Quod sī probāre Caesarī possēmus in Āfricā Ligārium omninō nōn fuisse []
      But if we could prove to Caesar that Ligarius wasn't even in Africa []
  5. to acquit, to exonerate
    Synonyms: absolvō, līberō, exonerō
    Antonyms: coarguō, comperiō

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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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  • probo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • probo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • probo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing meets with my approval: res mihi probatur
    • I express my approval of a thing: res a me probatur
    • to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
    • to prove one's point to a person's satisfaction: aliquid alicui probare (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)
    • it follows from what we have shown: hoc probato consequens est
  • probo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “prove”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin probus (good, virtuous).

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  • Hyphenation: pro‧bo

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probo (feminine proba, masculine plural probos, feminine plural probas)

  1. honest, decent, virtuous (having strong moral principles)
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin probus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾobo/ [ˈpɾo.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: pro‧bo

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probo (feminine proba, masculine plural probos, feminine plural probas)

  1. (formal) honest, upright
    Synonyms: honesto, honrado
    Antonym: ímprobo

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