proco
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. 1st - Entry →procus, proci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wooer, gigolo. suitor; canvasser; noble;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aetate tardiores, metui meo amori moram. nequiquam hos procos mi elegi loripedis, tardissimos. quin si ituri hodie estis..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...profatur: 'quem tibi coniugio tot dedignata dicavi, nympha, procos, en Haemonia puer adpulit alno, clarus Hylas, saltusque tuos..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...bella, per aequora lustris errarem, tu mille procos intacta fugares, non intersectas commenta retexere telas, sed sine fraude..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cara mihi. satis o nimiumque priores despexisse procos. at enim hic tibi sanguine toto deditus unam omnes inter..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...secumque ita corde volutat: 'en, quid ago? rursusne procos inrisa priores experiar, Nomadumque petam conubia supplex, quos..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nata erat huic Chione, quae dotatissima forma mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis. forte revertentes Phoebus Maiaque..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...mansit, quamvis custode carebat, inter tot iuvenes intemerata procos. Quidquid servatur cupimus magis, ipsaque furem cura vocat; pauci..."