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Silverio thought that literature was not to be composed like history, according to Quintilian's definition, _ad narrandum_, but _ad probandum_.
Youth and Egolatry P��o Baroja 1914
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_Historia scribitur ad narrandum non ad probandum: _ Inst. Or.,
Latin Literature 1902
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This, then, is not a history _ad probandum_, to use the ancient formula.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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[261] "Vulgus interdum," says Cicero, "non probandum oratorem probat, sed probat sine comparatione, cùm à mediocri aut etiam â malo delectatur; eo est contentus: esse melius sentit: illud quod est, qualecunque est, probat."
Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity John Henry Newman 1845
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Idem alijs etiam vsu venit: Non enim probandum est, quòd quidam, dum
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Tuum ergo eflfe volul ludlcmm, vtrum vel ea fola, quaie edlflerul, fatis habeant roboris ad, probandum id, quod volumus, nec ne.,
Ioh. Aspontani ad Rud. Plimmelium de deitate Iesu Christi [microform] : epistolae quatuor Aspontanus, Joh 1789
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Verfioncs omnes ac fihgulas huic operi biblico infeitas Briamt$ WaUomu non per fingulas pifids ope* ris difperfit, fed potius easdem« quod magta probandum erac» Aaüm in columnia feparotis tezmi hebraico adiiciendas. cusavit ..
M. Hermann. Frider. Koecheri ... Nova bibliotheca Hebraica, secundum ordinem Bibliothecæ ... Hermann Friedrich Koecher, Johann Christoph Wolf 1783
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Quare conftitutis triangulis fimilibus facile proba - bkur maior extenfio Imaginis per Lentem maioris Sphatrx conuexitate terminatam, fi prazfertim attendatur difcurfus modb inftituendus ad idem probandum quando Lentes funt inequaies, fed fimiles porriones in£qualium.
Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656
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13, Mai, 1868, i.e. the "Instructio ad probandum obitum alicuius coniugis"; Sac.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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- ■ - tum; Et quidem per ignem, quod multis argumentis Philolophi - cis probandum:
Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) magdeburgica de vacuo spatio Guericke, Otto von, 1602-1686 1672
eggoabbas commented on the word probandum
This is a latin word that shows up in english writing on Indian philosophy -- and wordnik has pulled up an example. It seems to mean "the thing inferred". A related word is "probans" which is the thing that motivates the inference of the probandum.
June 26, 2009