probabilis
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English
probabilis probabile, probabilior -or -us, probabilissimus -a -um ADJ :: commendable/admirable; justifiable; plausible/credible/demonstratable; probable
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prŏbābĭlis: e, adj. id..
I Lit., that may be assumed, believed, or proved; likely, credible, probable (class.): probabile est id, quod fere fieri solet, aut quod in opinione positum est, aut quod habet in se ad haec quandam similitudinem, sive id falsum est, sive verum, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 46: quae probabilia videantur, id. Fin. 5, 26, 76: est enim in his rebus aliquid probabile, id. ib. 3, 17, 58; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33; 2, 63, 154: nihil est tam incredibile, quod non dicendo fiat probabile, id. Par. praef. 1: ratio, id. Off. 1, 3, 8: conjectura et ratio, id. Div. 2, 6, 16: probabilis et prope vera disputatio, id. de Or. 1, 56, 240: causa, id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173: mendacium, Liv. 40, 29: Causae, Tac. A. 6, 14.—
II Transf., in gen., worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, commendable, laudable, good, fit (class.).
A Of persons: C. Licinius probabilis orator: jam vero etiam probatus, Cic. Brut. 76, 263: voce peracutā atque magnā, nec alia re ulla probabilis, id. ib. 68, 241: discipulus, id. de Or. 1, 28, 129: jucundior et probabilior populo orator, id. ib. 2, 36, 153; Nep. Cat. 3, 1.—
B Of things concr. and abstr.: materia, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 18: nomen, id. Caec. 25, 71: boves non minus probabiles animis, quam corporibus, Col. 6, 1, 2: aqua maxime probabilis, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38: gustus, Col. 3, 2, 24: soli et caeli qualitas, id. ib. 3, 1, 10: rosa nec odore, nec specie probabilis, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: genus orationis, Cic. Part. 6, 19; Liv. 2, 13: mores, Col. 6, 2, 14: vir ingenio sane probabili, Cic. Brut. 48, 180.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-bābĭlĭter.
A Probably, credibly (class.): rem breviter exponere et probabiliter, Cic. Or. 35, 122: rationem reddere, id. Fin. 3, 17, 58: dicere, id. de Or. 2, 82, 337: multa probabiliter argumentatus, Liv. 33, 28: justius et probabilius accusare, Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 136: defendere, Liv. 42, 48.—
B Laudably, fitly, well (post-Aug.): consulatum gerere, Vell. 2, 46, 4: eleganter et probabiliter hoc dictum est, Gell. 9, 16, 6: recte et probabiliter dici, id. 1, 16, 9.—Comp.: probabilius Lutatius, Val. Max. 2, 8, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prŏbābĭlis,¹¹ e (probo),
1 probable, vraisemblable : ratio Cic. Off. 1, 8, raison plausible ; id conjectura probabile est Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, la conjecture permet de le croire, cf. Inv. 1, 46 ; Par. 1 ; Fin. 5, 76 ; probabilia sequi Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, suivre les (s’en tenir aux) probabilités
2 digne d’approbation, louable, recommandable, estimable : orator Cic. Br. 263, orateur estimable ; ingenium probabile Cic. Br. 180, talent honorable || -lior Cic. de Or. 2, 153.
Latin > German (Georges)
probābilis, e (probo), I) beifallswert, anerkennenswert, gefällig, tauglich, ganz erträglich, a) physisch: aqua, Plin.: gustus, Colum.: boves non minus probabiles animis quam corporibus, Colum. – b) geistig: orator, Cic. u. Nep.: orator probabilior, Cic.: discipulus, Cic.: ingenium, Cic.: genus dicendi, Cic. – II) annehmlich, glaublich, wahrscheinlich, ratio, Cic.: coniectura, Cic.: causa, Liv.: mendacium, Liv.: species honestatis neque probabilis nec satis idonea, Cic.: probabilius videtur m. folg. ut u. Konj., Gell. 3, 19, 4.
Latin > Chinese
probabilis, e. adj. c. :: 十有八九。似是。近眞者。— orator 可信之談土。Afferre rationem probabilem 引近眞之故。Ingenium probabile 可讚之才能。
