improbam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →improbus, improba, improbum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wicked/flagrant; morally unsound; greedy/rude; immoderate; disloyal; shameless;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ferebat caelo sublimis Idaeum, illinc candidus Hylas repellebat improbam Naida. Damnabat Apollo noxias manus lyramque resolutam modo nato..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sunt illa, intueri lacunaria, perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere, tendere confidentia vultum aut quo sit magis torvus..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi'.Atque ita locutus improbam leto dedit.Hoc in se dictum debent illi agnoscere,quorum..."