comprobo Latin · revision 9449

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la probus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comprobō''' (present infinitive comprobāre, perfect active comprobāvī, supine comprobātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conprobō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “wholly” and [[probō]] “to approve, prove”, from [[probus]] “good”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨probus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pro-f(w)-o-|t=favourable]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of bearing out a person's integrity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to bear out, confirm, justify, as in Plautus; to prove the truth of, confirm, as in Cicero; to accept as true; and to express approval, approve, as in Cicero's ''tuam sententiam comprobō'' “I approve your opinion”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to prove, approve, establish.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''comprovare'' and Spanish ''comprobar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of proving and approving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bear out, [[m|en|confirm]], justify.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To prove.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To accept as true; to [[m|en|approve]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comprobātiō]]

+ * [[comprobātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[probō]]

+ * [[probus]]

+ * [[approbō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}