procuro Latin · revision 34092

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷei-s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈkuː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈkuː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōcūrō''' (present infinitive prōcūrāre, perfect active prōcūrāvī, supine prōcūrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The first syllable is scanned short in Accius, Tibullus and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|cūrō|t2=to take care of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That verb comes from [[m|la|cūra|t=care]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kʷois-ā-|t=care, watch]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷei-s-|t=to heed]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it of nurses who look after little children at home.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to look after or attend to a person or business, and religious rites: Cicero speaks of divine matters attended to.^(OLD 2012) It is to have charge of or administer, especially as a ''prōcūrātor'' or agent: Cicero writes of a man who manages Dionysius' accounts and business.^(OLD 2012) In religion it is to expiate or avert evil omens by sacrifice, as in Cicero's interpreting and expiating of portents.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to administer, govern, take care of, manage.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|procure]] dates from about 1300, from Old French ''procurer'' and Late Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of nurses looking after children.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of managing business and expiating portents.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''procure''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To look after, attend to, [[m|en|take care of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To have charge of, [[m|en|administer]], manage (as an agent).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|expiate]], avert (omens) by sacrifice.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōcūrātiō]]

+ * [[prōcūrātor]]

+ * [[prōcūrātōrius]]

+ * [[prōcūrātrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[curo|alt=cūrō]]

+ * [[cura|alt=cūra]]

+ * [[en|procure]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}