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improbitas

improbitas · f

badness

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 2 · 5.64/10k
Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
In C. Verrem 43 · 4.28/10k
Pro A. Caecina 4 · 3.85/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 2 · 3.44/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 7 · 3.37/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 7 · 2.85/10k
In L. Catilinam 3 · 2.39/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

imprŏbĭtas — Lewis & Short

imprŏbĭtas (inpr-), ātis, f.improbus,

I badness, wickedness, depravity, dishonesty, improbity (freq. and class.): cum te alicujus improbitas perversitasque commoverit, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 13, 38: amicorum neglectio improbitatem coarguit, id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Att. 1, 16, 7: in hac causa improbitatem et gratiam cum inopia et veritate contendere, id. Quint. 27, 84; id. Brut. 62, 224: cum me improbitatis patrocinium suscipere vultis, id. Rep. 3, 5: judici invisa est, Quint. 6, 4, 15: cordis humani, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; Ov. A. A. 1, 676: prodiga corruptoris, Juv. 10, 305: illo admirabilis aevo, i. e. rare, id. 13, 53.—

II Transf., of bad, troublesome animals, impudence, boldness, audacity: simiae Dodoneae, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69: muscae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28: alitum semina depascentium, id. 19, 6, 34, § 116.

In the wild

improbitati Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 1.4.1
improbitatem Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.208
improbitas Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 4.P3
improbitatis Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.220
improbitatem Cicero, In L. Catilinam 2.3
improbitas Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 6.12.3

6 of 129 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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