LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

probus1

probus (feminine proba, neuter probum, comparative probior, superlative probissimus, adverb probē)
Classical[ˈprɔ.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.bus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivegood, serviceable, excellent, superior, able
  2. adjectiveupright, honest, virtuous, moral, proven
    Puer probus patrī oboeditA virtuous boy obeys his father
    Plautus, Trinummus, 320-321. is probus est quem paenitet quam probus sit et frugi bonaeThe good man is discontent with how decent and how worthy he may be.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprobusprobaprobum
genitiveprobīprobaeprobī
dativeprobōprobaeprobō
accusativeprobumprobamprobum
ablativeprobōprobāprobō
vocativeprobeprobaprobum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprobīprobaeproba
genitiveprobōrumprobārumprobōrum
dativeprobīsprobīsprobīs
accusativeprobōsprobāsproba
ablativeprobīsprobīsprobīs
vocativeprobīprobaeproba

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

prŏbus, a, um, adj. Sanscr. prabhus, prominent, strong, from pra (v. pro) and bhu = fio,
I. good, proper, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; esp. in a moral point of view, upright, honest, honorable, excellent, virtuous, etc. (class.).
A. Of persons: frugi et probum esse, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53: probum patrem esse oportet, qui gnatum suom esse probiorem, quam ipsus fuerit, postulat, id. Ps. 1, 5, 23: cantores probos, skilful, excellent, fine, id. ib. 3, 132: faber, id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: architectus, id. Mil. 3, 3, 40: artifex, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29: lena, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 14: amator, id. ib. 20: ad aliquam rem, fit, id. Poen. 3, 3, 67. —
2. In partic., well-behaved, well-conducted: quam cives vero rumificant probam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 46: proba et modesta (mulier), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7.—
B. Of things abstr. and concr.: affer huc duas clavas, sed probas, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20: argentum, id. Pers. 4, 3, 57: nummi, id. ib. 3, 3, 33: materies, id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: occasio, id. Cas. 5, 4, 2: navigium, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: res, id. Or. 51, 170: ager, Col. Arbor. 3, 6: sapor, id. ib. 3, 7?? color, id. ib. 8, 2.—Prov.: proba merx facile emtorem reperit, the best goods sell themselves, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; cf.: probae fruges suāpte naturā enitent, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—As subst.: prŏbus, i, a good, worthy, upright man: poëta peccat, cum probi orationem adfingit improbo stultove sapienti, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—Adv., in two forms.
A. Form prŏbē, rightly, well, properly, fitly, opportunely, excellently (class.): milites armati atque animati probe, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18: aedes factae probe, id. Most. 1, 2, 19?? probe lepideque concinnatus, id. Men. 3, 2, 1: usque adhuc actum est probe, id. Mil. 2, 6, 107: probe curare aliquid, id. Rud. 2, 3, 50: satis scite et probe, id. Trin. 3, 3, 56: narras, Ter. And. 5, 6, 6: intellegere, id. Eun. 4, 6, 30: Antipater, quem tu probe meministi, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: de aquaeductu probe fecisti, id. Att. 13, 6, 1: scire, id. Fam. 2, 12, 2: exercitus satis probe ornatus auxiliis, id. ib. 2, 10, 2: illud probe judicas, id. Att. 7, 3, 3: de Servio probe dicis, id. Brut. 41, 151; id. Off. 1, 19, 62: scire, id. Brut. 2, 12; Liv. 22, 15.—
2. Transf., in gen., well, fitly, thoroughly, very, very much, greatly, finely, capitally, bravely (syn.: plane, omnino, sine dubio): appotus probe, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 126: percutere aliquem, id. ib. 1, 1, v. 162: decipere, id. ib. 1, 1, v. 268: errare, id. ib. 3, 3, 20: vide, ut sit acutus culter probe, id. Mil. 5, 4: tui similis est probe, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18: perdocta est probe, id. ib. 2, 3, 120. —In responses, as a token of applause, well done! good! bravo! unde agis te? Ca. Unde homo ebrius. Philo. Probe, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 28: miles concubinam intro abiit oratum suam, ab se ut abeat. Acr Eu, probe! id. Mil. 4, 4, 9: probissime, very well, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 65; id. Eun. 4, 7, 3.—
B. Form prŏbĭter, well, fitly, capitally (ante-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 510, 29; cf. Prisc. p. 1010.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *proβos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). See also prōsum. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhú, “excellent, foremost, potent”).

Descendants
  • Catalanprobe
  • Frenchprobe
  • Italianprobo
  • Portugueseprobo
  • Spanishprobo
  • Sicilianprovu
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Probus2
Probus m sg (genitive Probī)
Classical[ˈprɔ.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.bus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingularA Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. masculinesingularMarcus Pomponius Maecius Probus, a Roman consul

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeProbus—
genitiveProbī—
dativeProbō—
accusativeProbum—
ablativeProbō—
vocativeProbe—

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

Prŏbus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname, Suet. Gram. 24.—Prŏbĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from a Probus: purpura, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40.

Origins

From probus (“good; noble”).