"improbus" meaning in Latin

See improbus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈim.pro.bus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɪmprɔbʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈim.pro.bus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈimprobus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From in- + probus. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|in-|probus|id1=not}} in- + probus Head templates: {{la-adj|improbus|adv=improbē|comp=improbior|sup=improbissimus}} improbus (feminine improba, neuter improbum, comparative improbior, superlative improbissimus, adverb improbē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|improbus}} Forms: improba [feminine], improbum [neuter], improbior [comparative], improbissimus [superlative], improbē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], improbus [masculine, nominative, singular], improba [feminine, nominative, singular], improbum [neuter, nominative, singular], improbī [masculine, nominative, plural], improbae [feminine, nominative, plural], improba [neuter, nominative, plural], improbī [genitive, masculine, singular], improbae [feminine, genitive, singular], improbī [genitive, neuter, singular], improbōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], improbārum [feminine, genitive, plural], improbōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], improbō [dative, masculine, singular], improbae [dative, feminine, singular], improbō [dative, neuter, singular], improbīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], improbum [accusative, masculine, singular], improbam [accusative, feminine, singular], improbum [accusative, neuter, singular], improbōs [accusative, masculine, plural], improbās [accusative, feminine, plural], improba [accusative, neuter, plural], improbō [ablative, masculine, singular], improbā [ablative, feminine, singular], improbō [ablative, neuter, singular], improbīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], improbe [masculine, singular, vocative], improba [feminine, singular, vocative], improbum [neuter, singular, vocative], improbī [masculine, plural, vocative], improbae [feminine, plural, vocative], improba [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. excessive, immoderate, flagrant, impudent Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-improbus-la-adj-GwxrV8Yk
  2. greedy, wanton, ravenous Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-improbus-la-adj-Lh6JfwgI
  3. wicked, bad, villainous, immoral, impious, malicious, cruel, unprincipled, shameless Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-improbus-la-adj-LqirzD8I
  4. indomitable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-improbus-la-adj-HgBckp-h
  5. Given so many nuanced meanings of the word in context, varied understandings and translations of classical Latin may be possible, e.g.: Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-improbus-la-adj-9iTOSXor Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with in- (not), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 7 20 1 41 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with in- (not): 7 2 17 2 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 5 29 0 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 23 0 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inprobus Derived forms: improbulus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ímprobo",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ímprobo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Spanish: ímprobo",
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      "text": "Spanish: ímprobo"
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          "expansion": "Italian: improbo",
          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "improba",
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      "form": "improbum",
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      "form": "improbior",
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      "form": "improbissimus",
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      "form": "improbē",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "improbōrum",
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      "form": "improbārum",
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      "form": "improbōrum",
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      "form": "improbō",
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      "form": "improbae",
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      "form": "improbō",
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      "form": "improbīs",
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      "form": "improbam",
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      "form": "improbā",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "improbō",
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      "form": "improba",
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      "form": "improbī",
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      "form": "improbae",
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        "excessive, immoderate, flagrant, impudent"
      ],
      "id": "en-improbus-la-adj-GwxrV8Yk",
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        [
          "immoderate",
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-improbus-la-adj-Lh6JfwgI",
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          "wanton",
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          "ravenous",
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        {
          "english": "“You will be given — wicked [man]! — [your] punishments.”\n(Translations — Mackail, 1885: “Wretch, thou shalt repay!”; Knight, 1956: “You will have your punishment, you villain.”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “Depraved, you will then pay your penalties.”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “You will pay for this, unconscionable!”; West, 1990: “You will receive the punishment you deserve.”; Lombardo, 2005: “You will pay, you despicable liar,”; Fagles, 2006: “You’ll pay, you shameless, ruthless —”; Ahl, 2007: “There'll be no impunity. You'll pay.”; Ferry, 2017: “...wicked one. You will be punished.”; Bartsch, 2020: “Wicked man, you’ll pay.”; Ruden, 2021: “when you, at last, are paying.”)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.386",
          "text": "… Dabis, improbe, poenās."
        }
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        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ],
        [
          "impious",
          "impious"
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        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
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        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
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          "unprincipled",
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          "shameless",
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          "_dis": "30 7 20 1 41",
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        {
          "english": "“Indomitable Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”\n“Wicked Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”\n“Wanton Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.412",
          "text": "Improbe Amor, quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.331",
          "text": "noctis erat medium, quid nōn amor improbus audet?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t wanton desire dare?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t wicked lust dare?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t shameless passion dare?"
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        "Given so many nuanced meanings of the word in context, varied understandings and translations of classical Latin may be possible, e.g."
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      "ipa": "[ˈɪmprɔbʊs̠]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈim.pro.bus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "form": "improbō",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improbae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "improbus",
        "adv": "improbē",
        "comp": "improbior",
        "sup": "improbissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "improbus (feminine improba, neuter improbum, comparative improbior, superlative improbissimus, adverb improbē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "improbus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "excessive, immoderate, flagrant, impudent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "immoderate",
          "immoderate"
        ],
        [
          "flagrant",
          "flagrant"
        ],
        [
          "impudent",
          "impudent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "greedy, wanton, ravenous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "wanton",
          "wanton"
        ],
        [
          "ravenous",
          "ravenous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“You will be given — wicked [man]! — [your] punishments.”\n(Translations — Mackail, 1885: “Wretch, thou shalt repay!”; Knight, 1956: “You will have your punishment, you villain.”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “Depraved, you will then pay your penalties.”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “You will pay for this, unconscionable!”; West, 1990: “You will receive the punishment you deserve.”; Lombardo, 2005: “You will pay, you despicable liar,”; Fagles, 2006: “You’ll pay, you shameless, ruthless —”; Ahl, 2007: “There'll be no impunity. You'll pay.”; Ferry, 2017: “...wicked one. You will be punished.”; Bartsch, 2020: “Wicked man, you’ll pay.”; Ruden, 2021: “when you, at last, are paying.”)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.386",
          "text": "… Dabis, improbe, poenās."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wicked, bad, villainous, immoral, impious, malicious, cruel, unprincipled, shameless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "villainous",
          "villainous"
        ],
        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ],
        [
          "impious",
          "impious"
        ],
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ],
        [
          "unprincipled",
          "unprincipled"
        ],
        [
          "shameless",
          "shameless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "indomitable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indomitable",
          "indomitable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Indomitable Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”\n“Wicked Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”\n“Wanton Love: What do you not compel [in] human hearts?”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.412",
          "text": "Improbe Amor, quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.331",
          "text": "noctis erat medium, quid nōn amor improbus audet?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t wanton desire dare?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t wicked lust dare?\nIt was midnight – what doesn’t shameless passion dare?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Given so many nuanced meanings of the word in context, varied understandings and translations of classical Latin may be possible, e.g."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Given so many nuanced meanings of the word in context, varied understandings and translations of classical Latin may be possible, e.g.:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈim.pro.bus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɪmprɔbʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈim.pro.bus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈimprobus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "inprobus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "improbus"
}

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