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impropero

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ properō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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improperō (present infinitive improperāre, perfect active improperāvī, supine improperātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive, literally) to enter hastily upon
  2. (transferred senses):
    1. (intransitive) to reproach, outrage, or insult
    2. (transitive) to impute (something to someone), to ascribe (something blameworthy to someone)

Conjugation

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References

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  • impropero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impropero 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)
  • imprŏpĕro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 786/3.
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 516/1, “improperare”