procuro

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See also: procuró and procurò

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Pronunciation

Verb

procuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of procurar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proˈku.ro/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: pro‧cù‧ro

Verb

procuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of procurare

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ cūrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

prōcūrō (present infinitive prōcūrāre, perfect active prōcūrāvī, supine prōcūrātum); first conjugation

  1. to manage, administer
    Synonyms: regō, gerō, dispēnsō
    • 5849 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar, chapter 13, in Commentarii de Bello Gallico , 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.
  2. to take care of, attend to, look after any thing
    Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, cōnsultō, videō, colō, cōnsulō, caveō, respiciō

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Descendants

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)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uɾu
  • Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ro

Verb

procuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of procurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈkuɾo/
  • Rhymes: -uɾo
  • Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ro

Verb

procuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of procurar