conprobo

com-prŏbo ( conp- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

Subject., to approve wholly of something, to assent to, sanction, acknowledge (class and very freq., esp in prose):

istam tuam sentent. am laudo vehementissimeque comprobo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

decretum consulum,

id. Att. 16, 16, D, 14 sq.:

orationem omnium assensu,

Liv. 5, 9, 7; cf. Suet. Aug. 68; 53:

consensu potius eruditorum quam puerorum amore comprobari,

Quint. 10, 1, 130 et saep.:

has comproba tabulas,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 72:

ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum comprobabimus?

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Nep. Hann. 3, 1.—

II.

Object., to prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.:

ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 5; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 94:

nec hoc oratione solum, sed multo magis vita et factis et moribus conprobavit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit,

id. Or. 63, 214:

comprobat hominis consilium fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58 fin.; cf.

* Cat.

61, 62:

rem alicujus testimonio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; cf.:

indicio conprobato,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

perceleri (servi) interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum,

the quality of the poison was tested, Cic. Cael. 24, 58.