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LNS

approbātiō, approbātiōnis

(adprobātiō, adprobātiōnis)

approbo

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

An approving, allowing, assenting to, approbation, acquiescence
approbation, reception
Proof, confirmation

Abbreviations

approbātio (adp-), ōnis, f. approbo. An approving, allowing, assenting to, approbation, acquiescence (most freq. in Cic.): id volgi adsensu et populari approbatione judicari solet, Cic. Brut. 49, 185: id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: hoc decorum movet adprobationem, id. Off. 1, 28, 98; id. Ac. 2, 17: hominum, Liv. 23, 23.

—In plur.: non adprobationes solum movere, Cic. Or. 71, 236.

—Hence, approbatio testium, approbation, i. e. reception, Auct. ad Her. 2, 6.

— Proof, confirmation (only in Cic.): haec propositio indiget approbationis, Cic. Inv. 1, 36 and 37: assumptionis, proof of the minor proposition, id. ib. 1, 34.