probrum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰr-o- (“what is brought up against someone as a reproach”), from *prō- (“forward; toward”) + *bʰer- (“to carry”), whence Latin ferō.

Noun

probrum n (genitive probrī); second declension

disgrace, shame
Haud ambiguē tum in eum, cui rēgnum dēstinābātur, ingessit probra.
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abuse, insult
Synonyms: contumelia, maledictum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	probrum	probra
genitive	probrī	probrōrum
dative	probrō	probrīs
accusative	probrum	probra
ablative	probrō	probrīs
vocative	probrum	probra

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References

“probrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“probrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
probrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490