proco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From procus.

Pronunciation

Verb

procō (present infinitive procāre, perfect active procāvī, supine procātum); first conjugation

  1. (archaic) to ask, urge, demand
    • 3rd century BCE, L. Livius Andronicus, Aegisthus:
      quīn quod pārēre mihi vōs majestās mea
      procat, tolerātis templōque hanc dēdūcitis?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

  1. vocative singular of proca