reprobus

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from reprobō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.pro.bus/, [ˈrɛprɔbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.pro.bus/, [ˈrɛːprobus]

Adjective

reprobus (feminine reproba, neuter reprobum); first/second-declension adjective

1. false, spurious
2. rejected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reprobus	reproba	reprobum		reprobī	reprobae	reproba
Genitive	reprobī	reprobae	reprobī		reprobōrum	reprobārum	reprobōrum
Dative	reprobō		reprobō		reprobīs
Accusative	reprobum	reprobam	reprobum		reprobōs	reprobās	reproba
Ablative	reprobō	reprobā	reprobō		reprobīs
Vocative	reprobe	reproba	reprobum		reprobī	reprobae	reproba

Descendants

• Catalan: rèprobe
• Galician: réprobo
• Italian: reprobo
• Portuguese: réprobo
• Spanish: réprobo

References

• “reprobus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reprobus 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)
• reprobus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.