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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Procās m sg (genitive Procae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) A mythological king of Alba Longa, father of Numitor, great-grandfather of Romulus and Remus
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
References
- “Procas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Procas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Procas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Procas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press