procas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →proco, procare, procoravi, procoratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
urge/press (w/commands/suits); woo, importune for one's hand; ask/demand (L+S);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...unde genus Longa nostrum dominabitur Alba. proximus ille Procas, Troianae gloria gentis, et Capys et Numitor..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iacet positus tribuitque vocabula monti; iamque Palatinae summam Proca gentis habebat. Rege sub hoc Pomona fuit, qua nulla..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nunc pars Romanae est urbis, cognomen colli fecit. Proca deinde regnat. Is Numitorem atque Amulium procreat, Numitori..."