(adjective) : imprŏbus (inpr-), a, um, 2. inprobus
* Not according to the standard.
* Lit.
* Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare; mostly post-Aug.): merces,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43: opera araneorum et textura inproba,id. Stich. 2, 2, 24: panis,Mart. 10, 5, 5: improbiores postes,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139: tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.
* Transf., of mind and character.
* Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.: pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,Verg. G. 1, 146: tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,id. ib. 1, 388: quatit improbus hastam,id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.
* Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).
* Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.: qui improbi essent et scelesti,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137: nequam et improbus,Cic. Deiot. 7, 21: illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.): populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202: longe post natos homines improbisssimus,id. Brut. 62, 224: cum in me tam improbus fuit,id. Att. 9, 15, 5: ab ingenio est improbus,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59: ut alias res est impense improbus,id. Ep. 4, 1, 39: negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63: anus,id. S. 2, 5, 84: cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21: (anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,voracious,Verg. G. 3, 431: lupus,id. A. 9, 62: Jovis ales,id. ib. 12, 250: annis,by his youth,Juv. 3, 282: Fortuna arridens infantibus,mischievous,id. 6, 605. — Comp.: inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,Juv. 4, 106. — *
* With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. 7, 300.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: improbo Iracundior Hadria,Hor. C. 3, 9, 22: lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,Verg. A. 10, 727: perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,shameless, impudent,Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.: oris improbi homo,Suet. Gramm. 15: divitiae,Hor. C. 3, 24, 62: improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,Mart. 8, 24, 2: satureia,exciting lust,id. 3, 75, 4: ingenio improbo,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16: facta,id. Truc. 2, 7, 4: dicta,licentious,Ov. F. 5, 686: verba,id. A. A. 3, 796; cf. carmina,id. Tr. 2, 441: legis improbissimae poena,Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2: testamentum,illegal,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107: mala et improba defensio,id. ib. 2, 2, 41, § 101: amor,Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.: improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,Quint. 12, 1, 13: improba ventris rabies,Verg. A. 2, 356: quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.: improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,Juv. 13, 3.—Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).
* Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare): ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,Marc. Emp. 31 med.: de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,i. e. uncommonly well furnished,Suet. Vesp. 23: Chilones improbius labrati,Charis. p. 78 P.
* (Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly: multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104: facere aliquid,Quint. 1, 3, 13: quibus improbe datum est,Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79: quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?id. Sull. 10, 30: praeda improbe parta,id. Fin. 1, 16, 51: aliquid petere,Quint. 6, 3, 95: non improbe litigabunt,id. 12, 7, 5: ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,incorrectly,Gell. 15, 5, 1; so with indocte,id. 15, 9, 4.—Comp.: estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140: decerpere oscula,Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.: quas (res) improbissime fecit,Cic. Caecin. 9, 23: respondere,id. Pis. 6, 13.

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