Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1464.probitās on page 1464
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probitās uprightness
probitās is a Latin Noun that primarily means uprightness.
Definitions for probitās
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
uprightness, honesty
English derivatives:
probity
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Moral integrity, uprightness, honesty, probity. (b) Sexual purity, virtue. (c) decorous behaviour.
- 2
(of things) Excellence, goodness, quality.
Sentences with probitās
Latin to English
Quis est praestantior aut nōbilitāte aut probitāte aut studiō optimārum artium?Compare Who is more outstanding in nobility or integrity or the pursuit of the finest arts?
Virtūs, probitās, integritās in candidāto, nōn linguaē volūbilitās, nōn ars, nōn scientia requīrī solet. (Cicero, Pro Planchio, 62)Compare Moral courage, honesty, and integrity are usually sought in candidates, not a glib tongue, skill or knowledge.
Probitas laudatur et alget. Criminibus debent hortos praetoria mensas, argentum vetus et stantem extra pocula caprum.Compare Honesty is praised and left out in the cold. Gardens, palaces, rich tables, old silver, and those embossed goats on the cups - men owe these to their crimes.
Quo quis versutior et callidior, hoc invisior et suspectior est detracta opinione probitatis.Compare Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Declension table for probitās
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | probitās | probitātēs |
| Gen. | probitātis | probitātum |
| Dat. | probitātī | probitātibus |
| Acc. | probitātem | probitātēs |
| Abl. | probitāte | probitātibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1464.
- Word frequencies
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "probitās, probitātis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/probitas-probitatis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.probitās on page 119
