test

ex-pĕrĭor, pertus ( act. experiero, Varr. L. L. 8, 9, 24 dub.), 4, v. dep. a. [ex- and root per-; Sanscr. par-, pi-parmi, conduct; Gr. peraô, pass through; poros, passage; peira, experience; Lat. porta, portus, peritus, periculum; Germ. fahren, erfahren; Eng. fare, ferry], to try a thing; viz., either by way of testing or of attempting it.

To try, prove, put to the test.

In tempp. praes. constr. with the acc., a rel. clause, or absol.

With acc.:

habuisse aiunt domi (venenum), vimque ejus esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato,

Cic. Cael. 24, 58:

taciturnitatem nostram,

id. Brut. 65, 231:

amorem alicujus,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, 1:

his persuaserant, uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16, 3:

judicium discipulorum,

Quint. 2, 5, 12:

in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur,

id. 10, 1, 109:

imperium,

Liv. 2, 59, 4:

cervi cornua ad arbores subinde experientes,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117 et saep.—

With a personal object: vin' me experiri?

make trial of me, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 29:

hanc experiamur,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 12 Ruhnk.:

tum se denique errasse sentiunt, cum eos (amicos) gravis aliquis casus experiri cogit,

Cic. Lael. 22, 84:

in periclitandis experiendisque pueris,

id. Div. 2, 46, 97.—So with se. reflex., to make trial of one's powers in any thing:

se heroo (versu),

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 3 [p. 694] variis se studiorum generibus, id. ib. 9, 29, 1:

se in foro,

Quint. 12, 11, 16.—

With a rel.-clause, ut, etc.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204, ed. Vahl.):

lubet experiri, quo evasuru'st denique,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93:

experiri libet, quantum audeatis,

Liv. 25, 38, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 1, 1:

in me ipso experior, ut exalbescam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf. with si:

expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,

Val. Fl. 5, 562.—

Absol.:

experiendo magis quam discendo cognovi,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

judicare difficile est sane nisi expertum: experiendum autem est in ipsa amicitia: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium tollitque experiendi potestatem,

id. Lael. 17, 62.—

In the tempp. perf., to have tried, tested, experienced, i. e. to find or know by experience:

benignitatem tuam me experto praedicas,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

omnia quae dico de Plancio, dico expertus in nobis,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

experti scire debemus, etc.,

id. Mil. 26, 69:

illud tibi expertus promitto,

id. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

dicam tibi, Catule, non tam doctus, quam, id quod est majus, expertus,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

puellae jam virum expertae,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 11; 4, 4, 3; cf. Quint. 6, 5, 7:

mala captivitatis,

Sulp. Sev. 2, 22, 5:

id opera expertus sum esse ita,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

expertus sum prodesse,

Quint. 2, 4, 13:

expertus, juvenem praelongos habuisse sermones,

id. 10, 3, 32:

ut frequenter experti sumus,

id. 1, 12, 11.—

Rarely in other tenses: et exorabile numen Fortasse experiar,

may find, Juv. 13, 103.—

To make trial of, in a hostile sense, to measure strength with, to contend with:

ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet,

Nep. Ham. 4, 3:

maritimis moribus mecum experitur,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11:

ipsi duces cominus invicem experti,

Flor. 3, 21, 7; 4, 10, 1; cf.:

hos cum Suevi, multis saepe bellis experti, finibus expellere non potuissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4:

Turnum in armis,

Verg. A. 7, 434.

To undertake, to attempt, to make trial of, undergo, experience a thing.

In gen.:

qui desperatione debilitati experiri id nolent, quod se assequi posse diffidant. Sed par est omnes omnia experiri, qui, etc.,

Cic. Or. 1, 4; cf.:

istuc primum experiar,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 47:

omnia experiri certum est, priusquam pereo,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 11:

omnia prius quam, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 78, 1:

extrema omnia,

Sall. C. 26, 5; cf.

also: sese omnia de pace expertum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57, 2:

libertatem,

i. e. to make use of, enjoy, Sall. J. 31, 5:

late fusum opus est et multiplex, etc.... dicere experiar,

Quint. 2, 13, 17:

quod quoniam me saepius rogas, aggrediar, non tam perficiundi spe quam experiundi voluntate,

Cic. Or. 1, 2.—With ut and subj.:

nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe, ut hinc avolem,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

experiri, ut sine armis propinquum ad officium reduceret,

Nep. Dat. 2, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., to try or test by law, to go to law:

aut intra parietes aut summo jure experietur,

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

in jus vocare est juris experiundi causa vocare,

Dig. 2, 4, 1; 47, 8, 4:

a me diem petivit: ego experiri non potui: latitavit,

Cic. Quint. 23, 75; Liv. 40, 29, 11:

sua propria bona malaque, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum,

Liv. 3, 56, 10:

postulare ut judicium populi Romani experiri (liceat),

id. ib. —Hence,

expĕrĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), experienced, enterprising, active, industrious (class.):

homo gnavus et industrius, experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

promptus homo et experiens,

id. ib. 2, 4, 17, §

37: vir fortis et experiens,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

vir acer et experiens,

Liv. 6, 34, 4:

comes experientis Ulixei,

Ov. M. 14, 159:

ingenium,

id. Am. 1, 9, 32. —With gen.:

genus experiens laborum,

inured to, patient of, Ov. M. 1, 414:

rei militaris experientissimi duces,

Arn. 2, 38 init.; cf. Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.— Comp. appears not to occur.—

expertus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), in pass. signif., tried, proved, known by experience (freq. after the Aug. per.):

vir acer et pro causa plebis expertae virtutis,

Liv. 3, 44, 3:

per omnia expertus,

id. 1, 34, 12:

indignitates homines expertos,

id. 24, 22, 2:

dulcedo libertatis,

id. 1, 17, 3:

industria,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

artes,

Tac. A. 3, 17: saevitia, Prop. 1, 3, 18:

confidens ostento sibi expertissimo,

Suet. Tib. 19.—With gen.:

expertos belli juvenes,

Verg. A. 10, 173; cf. Tac. H. 4, 76.— Comp. and adv. appear not to occur.

nĕcessārĭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. necessarior, Tert. Patient. 11; id. Test. Anim. 4 al.) [necesse], unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, needful, requisite, necessary: necessarium ait esse Opilius Aurelius, in quo non sit cessandum, aut sine quo vivi non [p. 1195] possit: aut sine quo non bene vivatur: aut quod non possit prohiberi, quin fiat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.

Lit.:

necessarius et fatalis, opp. voluntarius,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 9; cf.: id quod imperatur necessarium;

illud, quod permittitur, voluntarium est,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

necessaria conclusio,

id. Top. 16, 60:

leges fatales et necessariae,

id. Univ. 12:

omnia quae sint ad vivendum necessaria,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

senatori necessarium est, nōsse rem publicam,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 41.—So without dat., = necesse est:

ne tam necessarium quidem est male meritis quam optime referre quod debeas,

id. post Red. ad Quir. 9, 22:

castra ponere necessarium visum est,

Liv. 21, 58, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 37, 3; Gai. Inst. 3, 216:

necessariā re coactus,

by necessity, Caes. B. C. 1, 40: quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur, time of need or necessity, id. B. G. 1, 16:

cum longius necessario procederent,

farther than was necessary, too far, id. ib. 7, 16:

res magis necessariae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

res maxime necessaria,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

necessarior medela,

Tert. Patient. 11:

necessarior sententia,

id. Test. Anim. 4:

necessariores operas,

id. Cult. Tem. 1, 5; id. Res. Carn. 31:

aliquid necessarius,

id. Carn. Christ. 7 med. — Subst.: nĕcessārĭa, ōrum, n., the necessaries of life:

Persae armis positis ad necessaria ex proximo vico ferenda discurrunt,

Curt. 5, 12, 6:

plebes sic adcensa uti... sua necessaria post illius honorem ducerent,

Sall. J. 73, 6; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 4.—

In partic.:

necessariae partes,

the private parts, Gai. Inst. 3, § 193.—

Transf., connected with another by natural or moral ties (of blood, friendship, clientship), belonging, related, connected, bound.

Adj.: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A: victoria hominis necessarii, of a friend, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2; so,

homo,

of a father-in-law, Nep. Dat. 6:

ut a latronibus redimeret necessarias mulieri personas,

Dig. 24, 3, 21: necessarius heres = suus heres, the natural heir, who was in the potestas of the deceased (opp. to heres extraneus), Gai. Inst. 2, 37; 3, 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Subst.: nĕcessārĭus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman, connection, friend, client, patron (cf. necessitudo, II.; syn.: familiaris, intimus): necessarii sunt, ut Gallus Aelius ait, qui aut cognati aut affines sunt, in quos necessaria officia conferuntur praeter ceteros, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; necessarius angustus, a very near relative, Fragm. Jur. Civ. p. 86 Mai.:

L. Torquatus meus familiaris ac necessarius,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

in iis necessariis, qui tibi a patre relicti sunt, me tibi esse vel conjunctissimum,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1: nĕcessārĭa, ae, f., a female relative or friend:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

id. Mur. 35, 73:

Cerelliae, necessariae meae, rem commendavi tibi,

id. Fam. 13, 72, 1.—Hence, adv.

nĕcessārĭē (rare), unavoidably, necessarily:

necessarie demonstrari,

Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 44:

comparato cibo,

Val. Max. 7, 6, 3.—

nĕcessārĭō (the most usual form):

necessario reviviscere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

quibuscum vivo necessario,

id. ib. 5, 21, 1:

quod necessario rem Caesari enuntiārit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

copias parat,

Sall. J. 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 29; 5, 10, 80; Lact. 2, 12.

nĕcessārĭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. necessarior, Tert. Patient. 11; id. Test. Anim. 4 al.) [necesse], unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, needful, requisite, necessary: necessarium ait esse Opilius Aurelius, in quo non sit cessandum, aut sine quo vivi non [p. 1195] possit: aut sine quo non bene vivatur: aut quod non possit prohiberi, quin fiat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.

Lit.:

necessarius et fatalis, opp. voluntarius,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 9; cf.: id quod imperatur necessarium;

illud, quod permittitur, voluntarium est,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

necessaria conclusio,

id. Top. 16, 60:

leges fatales et necessariae,

id. Univ. 12:

omnia quae sint ad vivendum necessaria,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

senatori necessarium est, nōsse rem publicam,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 41.—So without dat., = necesse est:

ne tam necessarium quidem est male meritis quam optime referre quod debeas,

id. post Red. ad Quir. 9, 22:

castra ponere necessarium visum est,

Liv. 21, 58, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 37, 3; Gai. Inst. 3, 216:

necessariā re coactus,

by necessity, Caes. B. C. 1, 40: quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur, time of need or necessity, id. B. G. 1, 16:

cum longius necessario procederent,

farther than was necessary, too far, id. ib. 7, 16:

res magis necessariae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

res maxime necessaria,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

necessarior medela,

Tert. Patient. 11:

necessarior sententia,

id. Test. Anim. 4:

necessariores operas,

id. Cult. Tem. 1, 5; id. Res. Carn. 31:

aliquid necessarius,

id. Carn. Christ. 7 med. — Subst.: nĕcessārĭa, ōrum, n., the necessaries of life:

Persae armis positis ad necessaria ex proximo vico ferenda discurrunt,

Curt. 5, 12, 6:

plebes sic adcensa uti... sua necessaria post illius honorem ducerent,

Sall. J. 73, 6; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 4.—

In partic.:

necessariae partes,

the private parts, Gai. Inst. 3, § 193.—

Transf., connected with another by natural or moral ties (of blood, friendship, clientship), belonging, related, connected, bound.

Adj.: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A: victoria hominis necessarii, of a friend, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2; so,

homo,

of a father-in-law, Nep. Dat. 6:

ut a latronibus redimeret necessarias mulieri personas,

Dig. 24, 3, 21: necessarius heres = suus heres, the natural heir, who was in the potestas of the deceased (opp. to heres extraneus), Gai. Inst. 2, 37; 3, 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Subst.: nĕcessārĭus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman, connection, friend, client, patron (cf. necessitudo, II.; syn.: familiaris, intimus): necessarii sunt, ut Gallus Aelius ait, qui aut cognati aut affines sunt, in quos necessaria officia conferuntur praeter ceteros, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; necessarius angustus, a very near relative, Fragm. Jur. Civ. p. 86 Mai.:

L. Torquatus meus familiaris ac necessarius,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

in iis necessariis, qui tibi a patre relicti sunt, me tibi esse vel conjunctissimum,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1: nĕcessārĭa, ae, f., a female relative or friend:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

id. Mur. 35, 73:

Cerelliae, necessariae meae, rem commendavi tibi,

id. Fam. 13, 72, 1.—Hence, adv.

nĕcessārĭē (rare), unavoidably, necessarily:

necessarie demonstrari,

Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 44:

comparato cibo,

Val. Max. 7, 6, 3.—

nĕcessārĭō (the most usual form):

necessario reviviscere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

quibuscum vivo necessario,

id. ib. 5, 21, 1:

quod necessario rem Caesari enuntiārit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

copias parat,

Sall. J. 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 29; 5, 10, 80; Lact. 2, 12.

pĕrīclĭtor, ātus, 1 (periclitatus, in pass. signif.; v. infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. [periculum].

In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.;

syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,

Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33:

an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 57:

belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132:

omnia,

id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19:

in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97:

periclitandae vires ingenii,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,

Gell. 13, 8, 2.—

In partic., to put in peril, to endanger, risk, jeopard (rare but class.): non est saepius in uno homine salus summa periclitanda rei publicae, Cic. [p. 1344] Cat. 1, 5, 11.—

To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.—

Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.):

proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,

Tac. G. 40.—

To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.):

ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.—

With abl.:

famā ingenii,

Liv. 40, 15:

capite,

to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head, Mart. 6, 26, 1:

veneno,

Just. 37, 3, 7:

paralysi,

Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165:

causā,

to be on trial, Quint. 7, 2, 12.—

With gen. (postclass.):

capitis,

to be in peril of one's life, App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.—

With inf. (postAug.):

periclitabatur totam paene tragoediam evertere,

Petr. 140:

rumpi,

Quint. 11, 3, 42; Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 112.—With ab and abl.:

ab obtrectatore,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With pro:

pro veritate,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With propter:

propter te cotidie,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29:

propter peccatum,

Petr. 30, 7.—With ex:

periclitantes ex canis rabiosi morsu,

Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 54.—

Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, pĕrīclĭtātus, a, um, part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested:

periclitatis moribus amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 63.

pĕrīclĭtor, ātus, 1 (periclitatus, in pass. signif.; v. infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. [periculum].

In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.;

syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,

Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33:

an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 57:

belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132:

omnia,

id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19:

in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97:

periclitandae vires ingenii,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,

Gell. 13, 8, 2.—

In partic., to put in peril, to endanger, risk, jeopard (rare but class.): non est saepius in uno homine salus summa periclitanda rei publicae, Cic. [p. 1344] Cat. 1, 5, 11.—

To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.—

Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.):

proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,

Tac. G. 40.—

To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.):

ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.—

With abl.:

famā ingenii,

Liv. 40, 15:

capite,

to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head, Mart. 6, 26, 1:

veneno,

Just. 37, 3, 7:

paralysi,

Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165:

causā,

to be on trial, Quint. 7, 2, 12.—

With gen. (postclass.):

capitis,

to be in peril of one's life, App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.—

With inf. (postAug.):

periclitabatur totam paene tragoediam evertere,

Petr. 140:

rumpi,

Quint. 11, 3, 42; Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 112.—With ab and abl.:

ab obtrectatore,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With pro:

pro veritate,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With propter:

propter te cotidie,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29:

propter peccatum,

Petr. 30, 7.—With ex:

periclitantes ex canis rabiosi morsu,

Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 54.—

Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, pĕrīclĭtātus, a, um, part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested:

periclitatis moribus amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 63.

prŏbo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [1. probus].

To try, test, examine, inspect, judge of any thing in respect of its goodness, fitness, etc. (rare in class. Lat.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; in eccl. Lat. very freq.).

Lit.:

militem neque a moribus neque a fortunā probabat, sed tantum a viribus,

Suet. Caes. 65:

tus probatur candore, etc.,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65:

mucronem cultri ad buccam,

Petr. 70:

terram amaram sive macram,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33:

denarios,

id. 33, 9, 46, § 132:

pecuniam,

Dig. 46, 3, 39; cf.:

sicut probavi ipse,

have learned, proved by experience, Pall. 12, 7, 22:

aurum per ignem probatur,

Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 7:

juga boum,

id. Luc. 14, 19.—

Trop.:

tuo ex ingenio mores alienos probas,

judge of, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 30; id. Trin. 4, 3, 42:

amicitias utilitate,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 8.— So, to test, try, prove, examine the mind or heart:

ipsi vos probate,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 13, 5; cf. id. Zach. 13, 9; id. Psa. 138, 1 et saep.—

To esteem as good, serviceable, fit, just, etc.; to be satisfied with, to approve a thing (class.; cf.

comprobare): quis est, qui non probet, qui non laudet?

Cic. Mil. 28, 77:

istam rationem laudo vehementer et probo,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: Cato ea sentit, quae non probantur in vulgus, id. Par. prooem.; id. Fin. 2, 1, 1:

Asia picem Idaeam maxime probat,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 128.—With objectclause:

Caesar maxime probat coactis navibus mare transire et Pompeium sequi,

Caes. B. C. 1, 29.—

In partic. (mil. t. t.), to approve for military service, to recruit, enlist: quo (die) primum probati sunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 30, 2.—

To declare any thing well done, to express approbation of, to approve a thing:

laudant fabrum atque aedes probant,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 20:

domum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3:

villam,

Liv. 4, 22:

petentibus, ut ad opera probanda, anni et sex mensium tempus prorogaretur,

id. 45, 15:

plausu probatae puellae,

Juv. 11, 164.—

To approve a person, to recognize as fit or worthy:

ad unum Vercingetorigem probant imperatorem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 6:

quā impudentiā est, eumne testem improbabit quem judicem probarit?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.—

To represent or show a thing to be good, serviceable, fit, right, etc., to make acceptable, to recommend; and: aliquid alicui, to convince one of any thing:

quos (libros), ut spero, tibi valde probabo,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

officium meum P. Servilio,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82:

causam alicui,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

nostrum officium ac diligentiam,

id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

factum suum alicui,

id. Att. 16, 7, 4:

omnia facta dictaque mea sanctissimis moribus tuis,

Plin. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 3.—With de:

quibus de meo celeri reditu non probabam,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4: se alicui, to make one's self acceptable:

(Epicurus) multis se probavit,

id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:

quā in legatione (Ligarius) et civibus et sociis ita se probavit, ut, etc.,

id. Lig. 1, 2.— Pass.:

mihi egregie probata est oratio tua,

has pleased, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 8.—

In partic., to make a thing credible, to show, prove, demonstrate:

crimen,

Cic. Fl. 37, 93:

his ego judicibus non probabo, C. Verrem contra leges pecunias cepisse?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

causam paucis verbis,

id. Balb. 21, 49:

se memorem probare,

grateful, id. Fam. 10, 24, 1:

perfacile factu esse illis probat, conata perficere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

hoc difficile est probatu,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1:

et patrio pater esse metu probor,

my paternal fear shows that I am your father, Ov. M. 2, 91:

sicut Thrasvmachi probat exitus,

Juv. 7, 204.—With se: malo praesens observantiā, indulgentiā, assiduitate memorem me tibi probare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1.—

To represent, pass off a person for another:

loquebantur suppositum in ejus locum, quem pro illo probare velles,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78:

quod tu istis lacrumis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert quam, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 101.—So absol.: forma et aetas ipsast, facile ut pro eunucho probes, pass for one, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 84.—Hence, prŏbātus, a, um, P. a.

Tried, tested, proved, of approved goodness, good, excellent (syn. spectatus).

Of persons:

ceterarum homines artium spectati et probati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

ingeniosos et opulentos, et aetatis spatio probatos,

id. Top. 19, 73:

operum probatissimi artifices,

Col. 11, 1, 6:

probatissima femina,

most excellent, Cic. Caecin. 4, 10.—

Of things:

argentum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 1:

probata experimento cultura,

Quint. 10, 2, 2:

boleti probatissimi,

Plin. 16, 5, 11, § 31:

probatissima palma,

id. 23, 5, 52, § 98:

probatissima statua,

id. 34, 8, 19, § 53: probata et exspectata adulescentia, Lucil. ap. Non. 437, 13:

moneta,

Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.—

Transf., pleasing, agreeable:

ut nemo probatior primoribus patrum esset,

Liv. 27, 8:

probatissimus alicui,

Cic. Planc. 11, 27.