Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1465.probō on page 1465
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probāre to approve
probāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to approve.
Definitions for probāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to approve, recommend, test
English derivatives:
probe probate probation probative probable probably probability approbation proof prove approve approval disprove improve reprobe reprobate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To regard as good or right, approve of, commend. (b) (pass., w. dat.). (c) (leg.) to give official approval to.
- 2
To approve of (a person), think well of, esteem. (b) (pass., w.. dat.).
- 3
To give official approval to after examination scrutiny, etc.), certify as satisfactory, pass.
- 4
To give assent to (an action or sim.), authorize sanction. (b) to give one's approval to (a person).
- 5
To examine (with a view to approval), test, put to the proof.
Sentences with probāre
Latin to English
Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor.Compare I see what is better, and approve it, but I follow the worse.
Hic ego sententia non probo, ut noster in amicus benevolentia ille erga ego benevolentia pariter respondeo.Compare I do not approve this sentiment, that our kindness to our friends should correspond to their kindness towards us.
Nonnullus invideo is laus, qui in res publica probo video.Compare Some envy the praise of those who they see are approved in the state.
His ego iudex non probo Verres contra lex pecunia capio?Compare Shall I not prove to these judges that Verres has received money contrary to the laws?
Conjugation table for probāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| probō probās probat probāmus probātis probant | probābam probābās probābat probābāmus probābātis probābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| probāvī probāvistī probāvit probāvimus probāvistis probāvērunt / probāvēre | probāveram probāverās probāverat probāverāmus probāverātis probāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| probābō probābis probābit probābimus probābitis probābunt | probāverō probāveris probāverit probāverimus probāveritis probāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| probem probēs probet probēmus probētis probent | probārem probārēs probāret probārēmus probārētis probārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| probāverim probāveris probāverit probāverimus probāveritis probāverint | probāvissem probāvissēs probāvisset probāvissēmus probāvissētis probāvissent |
Infinitive present probāre Infinitive perfect probāvisse Infinitive future probātūrum esse | Imperative present probā probāte Imperative future probātō probātō probātōte probantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| probor probāris probātur probāmur probāminī probantur | probābar probābāris / probābāre probābātur probābāmur probābāminī probābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| probātus sum probātus es probātus est probātī sumus probātī estis probātī sunt | probātus eram probātus erās probātus erat probātī erāmus probātī erātis probātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| probābor probāberis / probābere probābitur probābimur probābiminī probābuntur | probātus erō probātus eris probātus erit probātī erimus probātī eritis probātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| prober probēris / probēre probētur probēmur probēminī probentur | probārer probārēris / probārēre probārētur probārēmur probārēminī probārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| probātus sim probātus sīs probātus sit probātī sīmus probātī sītis probātī sint | probātus essem probātus essēs probātus esset probātī essēmus probātī essētis probātī essent |
Infinitive present probārī Infinitive perfect probātum esse Infinitive future probātum īrī | Imperative present probāre probāminī Imperative future probātor probātor - probāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | probāns | probantēs |
| Gen. | probantis | probantium |
| Dat. | probantī | probantibus |
| Acc. | probantem | probantēs |
| Abl. | probante | probantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | probātūrus | probātūrī |
| Gen. | probātūrī | probātūrōrum |
| Dat. | probātūrō | probātūrīs |
| Acc. | probātūrum | probātūrōs |
| Abl. | probātūrō | probātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | probātus | probātī |
| Gen. | probātī | probātōrum |
| Dat. | probātō | probātīs |
| Acc. | probātum | probātōs |
| Abl. | probātō | probātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | probandus | probandī |
| Gen. | probandī | probandōrum |
| Dat. | probandō | probandīs |
| Acc. | probandum | probandōs |
| Abl. | probandō | probandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | probāre | probātum |
| Gen. | probandī | probātū |
| Dat. | probandō | |
| Acc. | probandum | |
| Abl. | probandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 182.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1465.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- 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): 124.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "probō, probāre, probāvī, probātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/probo-probare-probavi-probatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 182.probō, probāre, probāvī, probātum on page 182
