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|lshtext=<b>prŏbus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. prabhus, [[prominent]], [[strong]], from pra (v. pro) and bhu = fio,<br /><b>I</b> [[good]], [[proper]], [[serviceable]], [[excellent]], [[superior]], [[able]]; esp. in a [[moral]] [[point]] of [[view]], [[upright]], [[honest]], honorable, [[excellent]], [[virtuous]], etc. ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: [[frugi]] et probum esse, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53: probum patrem esse [[oportet]], qui gnatum suom esse probiorem, [[quam]] ipsus fuerit, postulat, id. Ps. 1, 5, 23: cantores probos, [[skilful]], [[excellent]], [[fine]], id. ib. 3, 132: [[faber]], id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: [[architectus]], id. Mil. 3, 3, 40: [[artifex]], Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29: [[lena]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 14: [[amator]], id. ib. 20: ad [[aliquam]] rem, [[fit]], id. Poen. 3, 3, 67. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., [[well]]-behaved, [[well]]-conducted: [[quam]] cives [[vero]] rumificant probam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 46: [[proba]] et modesta ([[mulier]]), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of things abstr. and concr.: affer huc duas clavas, sed probas, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20: [[argentum]], id. Pers. 4, 3, 57: nummi, id. ib. 3, 3, 33: [[materies]], id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: [[occasio]], id. Cas. 5, 4, 2: [[navigium]], Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: res, id. Or. 51, 170: [[ager]], Col. [[Arbor]]. 3, 6: [[sapor]], id. ib. 3, 7?? [[color]], id. ib. 8, 2.—Prov.: [[proba]] [[merx]] [[facile]] emtorem reperit, the [[best]] [[goods]] [[sell]] [[themselves]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; cf.: probae [[fruges]] suāpte naturā enitent, Acc. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—As subst.: prŏbus, i, a [[good]], [[worthy]], [[upright]] [[man]]: poëta peccat, cum probi orationem adfingit [[improbo]] stultove sapienti, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—Adv., in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Form prŏbē, [[rightly]], [[well]], [[properly]], [[fitly]], [[opportunely]], [[excellently]] ([[class]].): milites armati [[atque]] animati [[probe]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 18: [[aedes]] factae [[probe]], id. Most. 1, 2, 19?? [[probe]] lepideque concinnatus, id. Men. 3, 2, 1: [[usque]] [[adhuc]] [[actum]] est [[probe]], id. Mil. 2, 6, 107: [[probe]] curare aliquid, id. Rud. 2, 3, 50: [[satis]] [[scite]] et [[probe]], id. Trin. 3, 3, 56: narras, Ter. And. 5, 6, 6: intellegere, id. Eun. 4, 6, 30: [[Antipater]], quem tu [[probe]] meministi, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: de aquaeductu [[probe]] fecisti, id. Att. 13, 6, 1: scire, id. Fam. 2, 12, 2: [[exercitus]] [[satis]] [[probe]] [[ornatus]] auxiliis, id. ib. 2, 10, 2: illud [[probe]] judicas, id. Att. 7, 3, 3: de Servio [[probe]] [[dicis]], id. Brut. 41, 151; id. Off. 1, 19, 62: scire, id. Brut. 2, 12; Liv. 22, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., in gen., [[well]], [[fitly]], [[thoroughly]], [[very]], [[very]] [[much]], [[greatly]], [[finely]], [[capitally]], [[bravely]] (syn.: [[plane]], [[omnino]], [[sine]] dubio): [[appotus]] [[probe]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 126: percutere aliquem, id. ib. 1, 1, v. 162: decipere, id. ib. 1, 1, v. 268: errare, id. ib. 3, 3, 20: vide, ut [[sit]] [[acutus]] [[culter]] [[probe]], id. Mil. 5, 4: tui [[similis]] est [[probe]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18: perdocta est [[probe]], id. ib. 2, 3, 120. —In responses, as a token of [[applause]], [[well]] done! [[good]]! [[bravo]]! [[unde]] agis te? Ca. Unde [[homo]] [[ebrius]]. [[Philo]]. Probe, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 28: [[miles]] concubinam [[intro]] abiit [[oratum]] suam, ab se ut abeat. Acr Eu, [[probe]]! id. Mil. 4, 4, 9: probissime, [[very]] [[well]], Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 65; id. Eun. 4, 7, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Form prŏbĭter, [[well]], [[fitly]], [[capitally]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].), Varr. ap. Non. 510, 29; cf. Prisc. p. 1010.