reprobo Latin · revision 8349

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Digest|origins=la probō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reprobō''' (present infinitive reprobāre, perfect active reprobāvī, supine reprobātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] and [[probō]] “to approve”, a Late Latin formation for classical [[improbō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨probus⟩ “good, upright” to Proto-Italic ⟨*profwo-⟩ “favourable”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan and note that it is not in Cicero, where the correct reading is ''improbō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to reject, condemn, disapprove.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its participle ''reprobātus'' gave [[en|reprobate]] in the early 15th century, “rejected as worthless”, and in the 1540s “one rejected by God”.^(Etymonline) Through Old French ''reprover'' it gave [[en|reprove]] about 1300, “to accuse, charge as a fault”.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''riprovare'' and Spanish ''reprobar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – English ''reprove'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * early 15th century – English ''reprobate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|reject]], [[m|en|condemn]], disapprove.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reprobātiō]]

+ * [[reprobatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[probō]]

+ * [[improbō]]

+ * [[probus]]

+ * [[en|reprobate]]

+ * [[en|reprove]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}