probrum

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	probrum	probra
Genitive	probrī	probrōrum
Dative	probrō	probrīs
Accusative	probrum	probra
Ablative	probrō	probrīs
Vocative	probrum	probra

Derived terms

• exprobrō
• opprobrō
• probrōsus
• probrus

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