(v. a.P. a.adv.P. a.adv.) : prŏpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. properus.
* Act., to hasten, quicken, accelerate; to prepare, make, or do with haste (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): alia quae incepto usui forent properare,Sall. J. 37, 4: itineris properandi causā,id. ib. 105, 2: properato itinere,id. ib. 112, 2: vascula intus pure propera,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3: obsonia,id. Cas. 2, 8, 57: fulmina,Verg. G. 4, 171: pecuniam heredi,Hor. C. 3, 24, 62: mortem,Tib. 4, 1, 205; Verg. A. 9, 401: coeptum iter,Tac. H. 3, 40: deditionem,id. A. 2, 22: caedem,id. ib. 11, 37: naves,id. ib. 2, 6: hoc studium,Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28.—In pass.: vellera properabantur,Hor. Epod. 12, 21: teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat, let them be sung hastily or briefly, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 69: properatur amor,id. M. 5, 396: hinc porticus, inde delubra properantur,Plin. Pan. 51, 3.
* Neutr., to make haste, to hasten, be quick (class.): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Fest. p. 234 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 441, 22: propera, fer pedem,Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30: properatin' ocius?id. Curc. 2, 2, 33: simulabat sese negotii causā properare,Sall. J. 76, 1; 58, 6: in Italiam,Caes. B. G. 2, 35; id. B. C. 2, 20: ad praedam, ad gloriam,id. ib. 2, 39: ad gaudia,Hor. C. 4, 12, 21: Romam,Cic. Mil. 19, 49: in patriam,id. Fam. 12, 25: in fata,Luc. 8, 658: sacris, for a sacris,Ov. M. 6, 201; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58; but sometimes with collat. notion of excessive haste: properantibus Blaesus advenit, increpabatque, etc. (cf. the context),Tac. A. 1, 18; 13, 17.— With sup.: ultro licentiam in vos auctum, atque adjutum properatis, Sall. Or. Licin. ad Pleb. (H. 3, 61, 16 Dietsch).—With inf.: argentum propere propera vomere,Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 10: redire in patriam,Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: quin huc ad vos venire propero?id. Rep. 6, 15, 15: signa inferre, atque evadere oppido,Sall. J. 56, 5: pervenire,Caes. B. G. 2, 11: aliquem amando Perdere,Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—With object-clause: se quisque hostem ferire properabat,Sall. C. 7, 6; Amm. 25, 7.—Impers. pass.: properatum vehementer, cum, etc.,Cic. Sull. 19, 54; Verg. A. 4, 416.—Transf., of inanimate subjects, with inf. pass.: mala decerpi properantia,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.—Hence
* Prŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., hastening, hasty, rapid, speedy (class.): ille properans, festinans,Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6: haec properantes scripsimus,in haste,id. Att. 4, 4, a.—Comp.: rotam solito properantior urget,Claud. in Ruf. 2, 337.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕran-ter, hastily, speedily, quickly (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: propere, cito, festinanter, celeriter, etc.),Lucr. 5, 300: properanter accepit codicillos,Tac. A. 16, 24.—Comp.: beneficia properantius, quam aes mutuum, reddere,Sall. J. 96, 2; 8, 2: ire,Ov. F. 4, 673.—Sup.: properantissime aliquid afferre, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 8.
* Prŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a., hurried, accelerated, rapid, quick, speedy (mostly poet.): tabellae,Ov. M. 9, 586: mors,id. Tr. 3, 3, 34: gloria rerum,id. M. 15, 748: meta curribus,i. e. rapidly approached,Mart. 10, 50, 7: naves,Tac. A. 2, 6: tela,id. ib. 2, 80.—Comp.: properatius tempus,Sol. 26.—Absol.: properato opus est, there is need of haste: accurato et properato opus est,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 210: erat nihil, cur properato opus esset,Cic. Mil. 19, 49.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕrā-tō, quickly, speedily (Tac.): properato ad mortem agitur,Tac. A. 13, 1.

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