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Latin
Etymology
From procus.
Pronunciation
Verb
procō (present infinitive procāre, perfect active procāvī, supine procātum); first conjugation
- (archaic) to ask, urge, demand
3rd century BCE, L. Livius Andronicus,
Aegisthus :
- quīn quod pārēre mihi vōs majestās mea
procat, tolerātis templōque hanc dēdūcitis?
c. 2nd century,
Sextus Pompeius Festus,
De verborum significatione 249:
- nam procī dīcuntur, quī poscunt aliquam in mātrimōnium, Graecē μνηστῆρες. est enim procāre poscere, ut cum dīcitur in jūdice collocandō: "sī alium procās, nīve eum procās", hoc est poscis; unde etiam meretrīcēs procācēs.
c. 4th-5th century,
Servius,
In Vergilii Aeneidos libros 1.536:
- et procāx propriē petāx est, nam procāre est petere, unde et procī petītōrēs dīcuntur.
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “proco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɔ
- Syllabification: pro‧co
Noun
proco f
- vocative singular of proca