probable
probable
adj.
P. and V. εὔλογος, P. ἀληθείᾳ ἐοικώς.
As is probable: P. and V. ὡς ἔοικε, ὡς εἰκός.
adj.
P. and V. εὔλογος, P. ἀληθείᾳ ἐοικώς.
As is probable: P. and V. ὡς ἔοικε, ὡς εἰκός.
PROBABLE
adj. veri similis (☞ rarely vero similis): probabilis (satisfactory from which one cannot withhold assent; e.g. probabilis causa conjectura; but a probable story verisimilis narratio). To be probable verisimile or probabile esse; a vero non abhorrere; accedere ad veritatem. To be highly probable proxime ad verum accedere; vero proximum esse: it is probable that veri simile est (with an accusative and infinitive; sometimes but seldom with ut and subjunctive): to be more probable vero propius esse or abesse: it now seems to me more probable nunc facilius adducor (☞ not inducor) ut credam: it seems to me more probable that this was the cause of his wrath than etc. eam magis adducor ut credam causam irae fuisse quam quod etc.: to render or cause to seem probable probabilitatem conciliare or fidem facere alicui rei.
adj. veri similis (☞ rarely vero similis): probabilis (satisfactory from which one cannot withhold assent; e.g. probabilis causa conjectura; but a probable story verisimilis narratio). To be probable verisimile or probabile esse; a vero non abhorrere; accedere ad veritatem. To be highly probable proxime ad verum accedere; vero proximum esse: it is probable that veri simile est (with an accusative and infinitive; sometimes but seldom with ut and subjunctive): to be more probable vero propius esse or abesse: it now seems to me more probable nunc facilius adducor (☞ not inducor) ut credam: it seems to me more probable that this was the cause of his wrath than etc. eam magis adducor ut credam causam irae fuisse quam quod etc.: to render or cause to seem probable probabilitatem conciliare or fidem facere alicui rei.
probable:
1. sĭmĭlis vēri, or in reversed order; freq. written as single word, verisimilis: to enquire after what is most p., quid sit simillimum veri quaerere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: to distinguish the p. from the incredible, veri similia ab incredibilibus dijudicare, id. Part. 40, 139. Also, similis vero (dat.), id. Fam. 12, 5, init. (id facilius credebatur quia simile vero videbatur). The phr. veri simile est (it is p. that), is foll. by acc. and inf., Cic. R. Am. 37, 106; but non veri simile est, takes rather ut and subj.: cf. Cic. R. Am. 41, 121: id. Verr. 4, 6, 11 = it is not to be supposed that: cf. Zumpt, § 623.
2. prŏbābĭlis, e (denoting the quality which things "like truth," veri similia, have of commending themselves to us: v.PLAUSIBLE ): a p. inference, p. conjectura [et ratio], id. Div. 2, 6, 16: cf. id. Inv. 1, 29, 46, where a full definition of the word is given. (N.B.--It is p. that ... is expr. by veri simile est, not probabile est.) Phr.: if however the other is more p., sin autem illa veriora, Cic. Am. 4, 14: this is more p., hoc vero propius est, Liv. 4, 37, init.: so, proximum vero est, it is most p., id. 2, 14: to be the more p. (of two opinions), propius accedere ad veritatem, Cic. de Or. 1, 62, init.
1. sĭmĭlis vēri, or in reversed order; freq. written as single word, verisimilis: to enquire after what is most p., quid sit simillimum veri quaerere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11: to distinguish the p. from the incredible, veri similia ab incredibilibus dijudicare, id. Part. 40, 139. Also, similis vero (dat.), id. Fam. 12, 5, init. (id facilius credebatur quia simile vero videbatur). The phr. veri simile est (it is p. that), is foll. by acc. and inf., Cic. R. Am. 37, 106; but non veri simile est, takes rather ut and subj.: cf. Cic. R. Am. 41, 121: id. Verr. 4, 6, 11 = it is not to be supposed that: cf. Zumpt, § 623.
2. prŏbābĭlis, e (denoting the quality which things "like truth," veri similia, have of commending themselves to us: v.