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improbabilis

improbabilis · adj

not deserving of approbation

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

imprŏbābĭlis — Lewis & Short

imprŏbābĭlis (inpr-), e, adj.2. inprobabilis,

I not deserving of approbation, objectionable, exceptionable (not ante-Aug.; for in Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33, the correct read. is probabilem; cf. Cic. Off. 2, 2): rationes, Cels. praef. med.: motus animi, Sen. Ep. 75 med.: factum per se improbabile, Quint. 7, 4, 7: argumentum, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93: non improbabilis mos, Dig. 50, 14, 3.—Adv.: imprŏbābĭlĭter, objectionably: objecta non improbabiliter, Sid. Ep. 1, 11 med.

In the wild

improbabile Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.4.7

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