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 (“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

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, 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
		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		infinitive						participle
		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, 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.)