(v. n.P. a.) : pārĕo (parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand
* To come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.
* Lit. (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,Suet. Aug. 95: quoties paruit Hermogenes,Mart. 12, 29, 18: haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,Stat. S. 2, 2, 76: quae si parent simul,Quint. 1, 12, 4: caeli cui sidera parent,are open, intelligible,Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.: parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.—Impers.: paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.
* In partic.
* To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere): magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,Gell. 10, 3, 19: ad memoriam,Spart. Pesc. 7.
* Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject: parentes abunde habemus,Sall. J. 102, 7: vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,id. ib. 3, 2: ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).
* Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.): quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.: si paret adversum edictum fecisse,id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.: paritum est,Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient: parentiores exercitus,Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).
* To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to: nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,Caes. B. C. 3, 81: oppidum, quod regi paret,Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145: negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,Just. 1, 3, 3: quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.
* To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to: necessitati,Cic. Or. 60, 202: et tempori et voluntati,id. Vatin. 1, 2: cupiditatibus,id. Fin. 1, 16, 53: dolori et iracundiae,id. Att. 2, 21, 4: extremo furori,Val. Fl. 7, 154.
* To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay: promissis,Ov. F. 5, 504: pensionibus,Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.

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