(adj.adv.) : prōcērus, a, um, adj.pro and root karof creo; cf. Gr. κράτος, κρατερός
* High, tall, long.
* Lit. (class.; cf. excelsus): procerum collum,Cic. Brut. 91, 313: boves cornibus proceris,Col. 6, 1, 3: in procero corpore,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 22: homo procerae staturae,Suet. Vesp. 23: habitu procerus,Tac. H. 4, 1: pueritia,id. ib. 4, 14: homo procerior,Col. 3, 8, 2: usus est calceamentis altiusculis, ut procerior videretur,Suet. Aug. 73: (Galatea) floridior pratis, longa procerior alno,Ov. M. 13, 790: inter hos procerissimos populos,Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: procerissimus quisque,Suet. Calig. 47: cohortes,Sil. 15, 717: statura,Vulg. Num. 13, 33.—Of plants, trees: procerissimae populi,Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: quid enim abiete procerius?Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26: proceras lauros,Cat. 64, 289: silvae,Ov. H. 16, 107; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 7: Pompeianum (genus) procerius,Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140.
* In partic., perh. the name of a company of tall soldiers, similar to our grenadiers: VETERANVS EX PROCERIORIBVS,Inscr. Murat. 800, 2.
* Transf., in gen., long, extended, large: passus,Lucr. 4, 827: aves procero rostro, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: lupi,large,Hor. S. 2, 2, 36; cf.: thoes, luporum id genus est, procerius longitudine,Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123: procerior cauda,id. 8, 45, 70, § 183: dextera,id. 11, 43, 99, § 245: proceriores uniones,id. 9, 35, 56, § 113: cucurbitae,id. 19, 5, 24, § 72: syllabae procerae sunt, quae vocalem longam habent in paenultima, ut facultas, long, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 423 P.: anapaestus, procerior numerus,Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185.— Poet.: plangebant aliae proceris tympana palmis,i. e. outstretched, upraised,Cat. 64, 289.—Hence, * adv.: prōcērē; comp.: bracchium procerius projectum,stretched out to a greater length,Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220.

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