procus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.kus]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *prokos, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”).

Noun

procus m (genitive procī); second declension

1. wooer, suitor
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.534–536:

     “[...] Rūrsusne procōs inrīsa priōrēs / experiar, Nomadumque petam cōnūbia supplex, / quōs ego sim totiēns iam dēdignāta marītōs?”

     “Should I be laughed at for trying those former suitors yet again, and plead a Numidian marriage [as a humble] suppliant to those whom I have disdained now many times before [as prospective] husbands?”

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	procus	procī
genitive	procī	procōrum
dative	procō	procīs
accusative	procum	procōs
ablative	procō	procīs
vocative	proce	procī

Alternative genitive plural procum, with the short genitive plural ending -um.

Derived terms

• procō

Descendants

• → Italian: proco
• → Portuguese: proco

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• procer (collateral)

Noun

procus m (genitive procī); second declension

1. alternative form of procer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	procus	procī
genitive	procī	procōrum
dative	procō	procīs
accusative	procum	procōs
ablative	procō	procīs
vocative	proce	procī

References

• “procus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “procus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• corpus, porcus, spurcō