procuro

See also: procuró and procurò

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈku.ɾu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾuˈku.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈku.ɾo]

Verb

procuro

first-person singular present indicative of procurar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

procuro

first-person singular present indicative of procurare

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ cūrō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈkuː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈkuː.ro]

Verb

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

to manage, administer
Synonyms: regō, gerō, dispēnsō
- 58–49 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar, chapter 13, in Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War], 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.
to take care of, attend to, look after any thing
Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, cōnsultō, videō, colō, cōnsulō, caveō, respiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōcūrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōcūrō	prōcūrās		prōcūrat	prōcūrāmus	prōcūrātis		prōcūrant
	imperfect	prōcūrābam	prōcūrābās		prōcūrābat	prōcūrābāmus	prōcūrābātis		prōcūrābant
	future	prōcūrābō	prōcūrābis		prōcūrābit	prōcūrābimus	prōcūrābitis		prōcūrābunt
	perfect	prōcūrāvī	prōcūrāvistī		prōcūrāvit	prōcūrāvimus	prōcūrāvistis		prōcūrāvērunt, prōcūrāvēre
	pluperfect	prōcūrāveram	prōcūrāverās		prōcūrāverat	prōcūrāverāmus	prōcūrāverātis		prōcūrāverant
	future perfect	prōcūrāverō	prōcūrāveris		prōcūrāverit	prōcūrāverimus	prōcūrāveritis		prōcūrāverint
passive	present	prōcūror	prōcūrāris, prōcūrāre		prōcūrātur	prōcūrāmur	prōcūrāminī		prōcūrantur
	imperfect	prōcūrābar	prōcūrābāris, prōcūrābāre		prōcūrābātur	prōcūrābāmur	prōcūrābāminī		prōcūrābantur
	future	prōcūrābor	prōcūrāberis, prōcūrābere		prōcūrābitur	prōcūrābimur	prōcūrābiminī		prōcūrābuntur
	perfect	prōcūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōcūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōcūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōcūrem	prōcūrēs		prōcūret	prōcūrēmus	prōcūrētis		prōcūrent
	imperfect	prōcūrārem	prōcūrārēs		prōcūrāret	prōcūrārēmus	prōcūrārētis		prōcūrārent
	perfect	prōcūrāverim	prōcūrāverīs		prōcūrāverit	prōcūrāverīmus	prōcūrāverītis		prōcūrāverint
	pluperfect	prōcūrāvissem	prōcūrāvissēs		prōcūrāvisset	prōcūrāvissēmus	prōcūrāvissētis		prōcūrāvissent
passive	present	prōcūrer	prōcūrēris, prōcūrēre		prōcūrētur	prōcūrēmur	prōcūrēminī		prōcūrentur
	imperfect	prōcūrārer	prōcūrārēris, prōcūrārēre		prōcūrārētur	prōcūrārēmur	prōcūrārēminī		prōcūrārentur
	perfect	prōcūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōcūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	prōcūrā		—	—	prōcūrāte		—
active	future	—	prōcūrātō		prōcūrātō	—	prōcūrātōte		prōcūrantō
passive	present	—	prōcūrāre		—	—	prōcūrāminī		—
passive	future	—	prōcūrātor		prōcūrātor	—	—		prōcūrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		prōcūrāre		prōcūrārī		prōcūrāns		—
future		prōcūrātūrum esse		prōcūrātum īrī		prōcūrātūrus		prōcūrandus
perfect		prōcūrāvisse		prōcūrātum esse		—		prōcūrātus
future perfect		—		prōcūrātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		prōcūrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		prōcūrandī	prōcūrandō		prōcūrandum	prōcūrandō	prōcūrātum		prōcūrātū

Descendants

Asturian: procurar
Catalan: procurar
→ English: procure
→⇒ Finnish: prokuura, prokuristi
French: procurer
Galician: procurar
Italian: procurare
Portuguese: procurar
Romanian: procura
Spanish: procurar
Occitan: procurar

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to avert by expiatory sacrifices the effect of ominous portents: prodigia procurare (Liv. 22. 1)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈku.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈku.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɔˈku.ɾu/

Rhymes: -uɾu
Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ro

Verb

procuro

first-person singular present indicative of procurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾoˈkuɾo/ [pɾoˈku.ɾo]
Rhymes: -uɾo
Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ro

Verb

procuro

first-person singular present indicative of procurar