improbulus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin improbus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin improbulus

From improbus (“greedy; wicked”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈprɔ.bʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈprɔː.bu.lus]

Adjective

improbulus (feminine improbula, neuter improbulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of improbus: somewhat wicked or impudent
   • 100 CE – 127 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 1.5.71–73:

     dextram cohibere memento; salva sit artoptae reverentia. finge tamen te improbulum, superest illic qui ponere cogat

     Remember to stay your right hand; the respect for the bread-basket must be maintained. But, if you fancy yourself a bit bad, there will be someone there who will make you put it back

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	improbulus	improbula	improbulum		improbulī	improbulae	improbula
genitive	improbulī	improbulae	improbulī		improbulōrum	improbulārum	improbulōrum
dative	improbulō	improbulae	improbulō		improbulīs
accusative	improbulum	improbulam	improbulum		improbulōs	improbulās	improbula
ablative	improbulō	improbulā	improbulō		improbulīs
vocative	improbule	improbula	improbulum		improbulī	improbulae	improbula

References

• “improbulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “improbulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers