improbo Latin · revision 8348

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪm.prɔ.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈim.pro.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''improbō''' (present infinitive improbāre, perfect active improbāvī, supine improbātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inprobō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[improbus]] “bad, wicked” with the verb suffix ⟨-ō⟩, and Wiktionary and Lewis & Short take it as [[in-]] “not” with [[probō]] “to approve”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of things, and Ennius, of persons.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to disapprove of, object to, condemn, reject, officially or otherwise, both things, as in Plautus, and people, as in Ennius.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical and give ''culpō'' and ''vituperō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''improbare'' and Spanish ''improbar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|disapprove]] of, condemn, reject.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[improbātiō]]

+ * [[improbātor]]

+ * [[improbitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[probō]]

+ * [[improbus]]

+ * [[reprobō]]

+ * [[approbō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}