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(verb) : prō-cūro (the first
* O scanned short, Tib. 1, 5, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 587), āvi, ātum, 1, and n., to take care of, attend to, look after any thing.
* In gen. (class.; syn.: curam gero).
* Act.: nunc tu te interim, quasi pro puerperā, hic procuras,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 59: pueros,id. Poen. prol. 28; cf.: nunc puero utere et procura,id. Truc. 4, 4, 25: hic sunt trecenti nummi ... hinc me procura,id. Poen. 3, 4, 5: corpora,Verg. A. 9, 158: sacrificia,Caes. B. G. 6, 13: sacra,Nep. Them. 2, 8: arbores,Cato, R. R. 43: semina,Pall. 7, 9: plantas,id. 12, 7, 11.
* In partic., to take care of, to manage one's affairs (class.).
* Act.: procurat negotia Dionysii,Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 3: hereditatem,id. Att. 6, 9, 2.—Hence, of religious acts, to avert or expiate (evil omens) by sacrifice (cf.: expio, lustro): monstra,Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3: procurare atque expiare signa, quae a diis hominibus portenduntur,id. ib. 2, 63, 130; Liv. 1, 21; 5, 18; 27, 37: ostentum,Phaedr. 3, 3, 16: fulgur,Suet. Galb. 4: sacrificio ostentorum ac fulgurum denuntiationes procurantur,Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.
* Neutr., to hold a charge or administration, to be procurator: cum procuraret in Hispaniā,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17: procurante Pontio Pilato Judaeam,Vulg. Luc. 3, 1; Dig. 29, 2, 86.—With dat. of person (post-class.): procurare patri,to act as agent for,Dig. 32, 1, 34, § 1; 27, 1, 44.— With dat. of thing: operibus publicis,Dig. 43, 8, 2.—Of religious acts, to make expiation or atonement: VT CONSVL HOSTIIS MAIORIBVS IOVI ET MARTI PROCVRARET, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—With ne: ipse procuravi, ne possent saeva nocere Somnia, ter sancta deveneranda mola,Tib. 1, 5, 13.—Impers. pass.: simul procuratum est, quod tripedem mulum Reate natum nuntiatum erat,Liv. 40, 2.
* O scanned short, Tib. 1, 5, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 587), āvi, ātum, 1, and n., to take care of, attend to, look after any thing.
* In gen. (class.; syn.: curam gero).
* Act.: nunc tu te interim, quasi pro puerperā, hic procuras,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 59: pueros,id. Poen. prol. 28; cf.: nunc puero utere et procura,id. Truc. 4, 4, 25: hic sunt trecenti nummi ... hinc me procura,id. Poen. 3, 4, 5: corpora,Verg. A. 9, 158: sacrificia,Caes. B. G. 6, 13: sacra,Nep. Them. 2, 8: arbores,Cato, R. R. 43: semina,Pall. 7, 9: plantas,id. 12, 7, 11.
* In partic., to take care of, to manage one's affairs (class.).
* Act.: procurat negotia Dionysii,Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 3: hereditatem,id. Att. 6, 9, 2.—Hence, of religious acts, to avert or expiate (evil omens) by sacrifice (cf.: expio, lustro): monstra,Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3: procurare atque expiare signa, quae a diis hominibus portenduntur,id. ib. 2, 63, 130; Liv. 1, 21; 5, 18; 27, 37: ostentum,Phaedr. 3, 3, 16: fulgur,Suet. Galb. 4: sacrificio ostentorum ac fulgurum denuntiationes procurantur,Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.
* Neutr., to hold a charge or administration, to be procurator: cum procuraret in Hispaniā,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17: procurante Pontio Pilato Judaeam,Vulg. Luc. 3, 1; Dig. 29, 2, 86.—With dat. of person (post-class.): procurare patri,to act as agent for,Dig. 32, 1, 34, § 1; 27, 1, 44.— With dat. of thing: operibus publicis,Dig. 43, 8, 2.—Of religious acts, to make expiation or atonement: VT CONSVL HOSTIIS MAIORIBVS IOVI ET MARTI PROCVRARET, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—With ne: ipse procuravi, ne possent saeva nocere Somnia, ter sancta deveneranda mola,Tib. 1, 5, 13.—Impers. pass.: simul procuratum est, quod tripedem mulum Reate natum nuntiatum erat,Liv. 40, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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