probabilis, probabile, probabilior -or -us, probabilissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
commendable/admirable; justifiable; plausible/credible/demonstrable; probable;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | probabile | probabilia |
| Acc. | probabile | probabilia |
| Voc. | probabile | probabilia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | probabilius | probabiliora |
| Gen. | probabilioris | — |
| Acc. | probabilius | probabiliora |
| Voc. | probabilius | probabiliora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | probabilissimus | probabilissimi |
| Gen. | probabilissimi | probabilissimorum |
| Dat. | probabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | probabilissimum | probabilissimos |
| Voc. | probabilissime | probabilissimi |
| Abl. | probabilissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | probabilissima | probabilissimae |
| Gen. | probabilissimae | probabilissimarum |
| Dat. | probabilissimae | — |
| Acc. | probabilissimam | probabilissimas |
| Voc. | probabilissima | probabilissimae |
| Abl. | probabilissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | probabilissimum | probabilissima |
| Gen. | probabilissimi | probabilissimorum |
| Dat. | probabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | probabilissimum | probabilissima |
| Voc. | probabilissimum | probabilissima |
| Abl. | probabilissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...multis mundi regionibus? Aut si hoc sine ullo probabili argumento licet, respondere: quid est quare non aliquis..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...defendat, qui a contemptu uindicet.' Vt minime probabili sed uero solacio utar, in ciuitate nostra plus gratiae orbitas..." - L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...acceptorum rationem esse reddendam, donabit ex recta et probabili causa, nam inter turpes iacturas malum munus est; habebit..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...possumus et longius eundum est ut res feret. Probabilis tamen cupiditas honestorum, et velut tutioris audentiae est temptare..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...utiles circa praecepta sententiae, levitasque verborum et compositionis probabilis, daturque ei palma in illo medio genere dicendi. LIII..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...neque desit neque superfluat: ita sermo et doctis probabilis et planus imperitis erit. Haec eloquendi observatio: nam rerum..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quaestiones et credibiliter': quarum iam utrique responsum est. Probabilis et illi uoluntatis qui recte sentire et dicere rhetorices..." - C
Cato
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...peritus iuris consultus et magnus imperator et probabilis orator et cupidissimus litterarum fuit. Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat..."