comprobo

See also: comprobó

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /komˈprɔ.bo/
Rhymes: -ɔbo
Hyphenation: com‧prò‧bo

Verb

comprobo

first-person singular present indicative of comprobare

Latin

Alternative forms

conprobō

Etymology

From con- (“completely”) +‎ probō (“I esteem as good, serviceable, fit, just”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pro.boː/, [ˈkɔmprɔboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pro.bo/, [ˈkɔmprobo]

Verb

comprobō (present infinitive comprobāre, perfect active comprobāvī, supine comprobātum); first conjugation

(Classical and very frequent, especially in prose, subjective) to approve wholly of something; to assent to, sanction, or acknowledge
(objective) to prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, or verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.

Conjugation

Conjugation of comprobō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comprobō	comprobās	comprobat	comprobāmus	comprobātis	comprobant
	imperfect	comprobābam	comprobābās	comprobābat	comprobābāmus	comprobābātis	comprobābant
	future	comprobābō	comprobābis	comprobābit	comprobābimus	comprobābitis	comprobābunt
	perfect	comprobāvī	comprobāvistī, comprobāstī¹	comprobāvit, comprobāt¹	comprobāvimus, comprobāmus¹	comprobāvistis, comprobāstis¹	comprobāvērunt, comprobāvēre, comprobārunt¹
	pluperfect	comprobāveram, comprobāram¹	comprobāverās, comprobārās¹	comprobāverat, comprobārat¹	comprobāverāmus, comprobārāmus¹	comprobāverātis, comprobārātis¹	comprobāverant, comprobārant¹
	future perfect	comprobāverō, comprobārō¹	comprobāveris, comprobāris¹	comprobāverit, comprobārit¹	comprobāverimus, comprobārimus¹	comprobāveritis, comprobāritis¹	comprobāverint, comprobārint¹
passive	present	comprobor	comprobāris, comprobāre	comprobātur	comprobāmur	comprobāminī	comprobantur
	imperfect	comprobābar	comprobābāris, comprobābāre	comprobābātur	comprobābāmur	comprobābāminī	comprobābantur
	future	comprobābor	comprobāberis, comprobābere	comprobābitur	comprobābimur	comprobābiminī	comprobābuntur
	perfect	comprobātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comprobātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comprobātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comprobem	comprobēs	comprobet	comprobēmus	comprobētis	comprobent
imperfect	comprobārem	comprobārēs	comprobāret	comprobārēmus	comprobārētis	comprobārent
perfect	comprobāverim, comprobārim¹	comprobāverīs, comprobārīs¹	comprobāverit, comprobārit¹	comprobāverīmus, comprobārīmus¹	comprobāverītis, comprobārītis¹	comprobāverint, comprobārint¹
pluperfect	comprobāvissem, comprobāssem¹	comprobāvissēs, comprobāssēs¹	comprobāvisset, comprobāsset¹	comprobāvissēmus, comprobāssēmus¹	comprobāvissētis, comprobāssētis¹	comprobāvissent, comprobāssent¹
passive	present	comprober	comprobēris, comprobēre	comprobētur	comprobēmur	comprobēminī	comprobentur
imperfect	comprobārer	comprobārēris, comprobārēre	comprobārētur	comprobārēmur	comprobārēminī	comprobārentur
perfect	comprobātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	comprobātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comprobā	—	—	comprobāte	—
active	future	—	comprobātō	comprobātō	—	comprobātōte	comprobantō
passive	present	—	comprobāre	—	—	comprobāminī	—
passive	future	—	comprobātor	comprobātor	—	—	comprobantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comprobāre	comprobāvisse, comprobāsse¹	comprobātūrum esse	comprobārī	comprobātum esse	comprobātum īrī
participles		comprobāns	—	comprobātūrus	—	comprobātus	comprobandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		comprobandī	comprobandō	comprobandum	comprobandō	comprobātum	comprobātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

Catalan: comprovar
Galician: comprobar
Italian: comprovare
Portuguese: comprovar
Spanish: comprobar

References

“comprŏbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“comprobo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
comprobo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
- to prove a thing indisputably: argumentis confirmare, comprobare, evincere aliquid (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)