probatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of probō (approve; test).

Participle

probātus (feminine probāta, neuter probātum, superlative probātissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. approved, having been approved
  2. commended, recommended, esteemed, acclaimed; having been commended
  3. tested, inspected, having been tested
  4. demonstrated, proved, proven, having been demonstrated
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.4:
      Probātōs itaque semper lēge, et sī quandō ad aliōs dēvertī libuerit, ad priōrēs redī.
      Therefore, always read [those books] proven [most worthy], and if at any time you should want to turn to others, return to the former ones.
  5. (by extension) pleasing, agreeable, acceptable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative probātus probāta probātum probātī probātae probāta
genitive probātī probātae probātī probātōrum probātārum probātōrum
dative probātō probātae probātō probātīs
accusative probātum probātam probātum probātōs probātās probāta
ablative probātō probātā probātō probātīs
vocative probāte probāta probātum probātī probātae probāta

Derived terms

  • probātīvus

Descendants

  • Danish: probat
  • German: probat

References

  • probatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • probatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "probatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • probatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.