verb transitive

ap-prŏbo

2nd PP ap-prŏbāre · 3rd PP ap-prŏbāvi · 4th PP ap-prŏbātum · conj. 1st

(, Fleck., Bait., Halm, Weissenb.; , Kayser)

To assent to as good; to regard as good; to approve ••

To assent to as good, to regard as good, to approve, to favor (freq. and class.; syn.: probo, laudo): id si non fama adprobat, * Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12: (populus Romanus) meum jus jurandum unā voce et consensu approbavit, Cic. Pis. 3, 7: approbatā laudatāque Cottae sententiā, id. Sest. 34, 74: aliquid magno clamore, id. Arch. 10, 24: legiones clamore donum adprobantes, Liv. 7, 37; 7, 41: consilium vehementer adprobare, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4 et saep.—So of the gods, to allow a thing to take place, to favor (cf. admitto, II. B.): quod actum est di adprobent, Cic. Fam. 2, 15; 1, 9, 19: musis omnibus adprobantibus, id. ib. 7, 23, 2; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 13.—

To show as being good and true; to make evident; to prove ••

To show as being good and true, to make evident, to prove, demonstrate, confirm, establish: hoc autem nihil attinet approbari, Cic. Inv. 1, 36 fin.: innocentiam adprobare, Tac. A. 1, 44: excusationem, id. Agr. 42.—With acc. and inf.: vivere eos approbant, Plin. 9, 57, 83: quo magis degenerāsse eum a civili more approbaret, Suet. Aug. 17: Cajo talem et se et exercitum approbavit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 6 al.—

to make good to one; to render acceptable; satisfactory •

Aliquid alicui adprobare, to make good to one, to render acceptable, satisfactory: opus manu factum regi adprobavit, Vitr. 9, 3: prima castrorum rudimenta duci adprobavit, his first military duties he learned to the satisfaction of his commander, Tac. Agr. 5; Dig. 19, 2, 24; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 63.

Perseus ID: n3203 Key: approbo