probatus Latin · revision 31489

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *pro-bʰ(h₂)u-o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''probātus''' (feminine probāta, neuter probātum, comparative probātior, superlative probātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[probō|t=to approve, test]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) The verb is from [[probus|t=good, upright]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*pro-f(w)-o-|t=favourable]] and [[ine-pro|*pro-bʰ(h₂)u-o-]], cognate with [[sa|प्रभु|tr=prabhú|t=excelling]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is Accius: “to be approved by the good rather than by the many”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is regarded with approval, of good repute or esteemed, as Cicero's steady and esteemed life and his orator who is not only acceptable but approved.^(OLD 2012) With a dative it is acceptable or pleasing to someone, as in an old prayer quoted by Macrobius asking that the city be more acceptable to the gods.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it is “worthy of credit”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of being approved by the good.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an esteemed life and an approved orator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st half of the 5th century AD – Macrobius quotes an old prayer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Approved, of good repute, [[m|en|esteemed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Acceptable, pleasing to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Worthy of credit, [[m|en|trustworthy]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[probō]]

+ * [[probus]]

+ * [[probābilis]]

+ * [[probātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}