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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der.

Proto-Italic *proβwos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *proβwāō

Latin probō

Latin comprobō

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.prɔ.boː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pro.bo]

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, comprobārunt, comprobāvēre¹
	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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		comprobāre		comprobārī		comprobāns		—
future		comprobātūrum esse		comprobātum īrī		comprobātūrus		comprobandus
perfect		comprobāvisse, comprobāsse¹		comprobātum esse		—		comprobātus
future perfect		—		comprobātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		comprobātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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.)