comprobo

See also: comprobó

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

comprobo

1. 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) 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

1. (Classical and very frequent, especially in prose, subjective) to approve wholly of something; to assent to, sanction, or acknowledge
2. (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
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comprobā	—	—	comprobāte	—
	future	—	comprobātō	comprobātō	—	comprobātōte	comprobantō
passive	present	—	comprobāre	—	—	comprobāminī	—
	future	—	comprobātor	comprobātor	—	—	comprobantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		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.)