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procuro
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procuro
Italian
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procuro
Latin
Etymology
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- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈkuː.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈkuː.ro]
Verb
prōcūrō (present infinitive prōcūrāre, perfect active prōcūrāvī, supine prōcūrātum); first conjugation
- to manage, administer
- 58–49 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar, chapter 13, in Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War], volume VI:
- Illī rēbus dīvīnīs intersunt, sacrificia pūblica ac prīvāta prōcūrant, religiōnēs interpretantur […]
- The former are engaged in things sacred, conduct the public and the private sacrifices, and interpret all matters of religion.
- to take care of, attend to, look after any thing
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References
- “procuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “procuro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to avert by expiatory sacrifices the effect of ominous portents: prodigia procurare (Liv. 22. 1)
- to avert by expiatory sacrifices the effect of ominous portents: prodigia procurare (Liv. 22. 1)
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾu
- Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ro
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procuro
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