paro

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

parō (1) āvī, ātus, āre

2 PAR-, to make ready, prepare, furnish, provide, arrange, order, contrive, design : contra haec, make preparations , S.: ad iter, make ready , L.: cui fata parent, for whom the Fates are making ready , V.: omnibus rebus instructum et paratum convivium: turres, falces, testudinesque, Cs.: ad integrum bellum cuncta, S.: quae opus fuere ad nuptias, T.: galeam et aegida, assume , H.: fugam, i. e. prepare for flight , V.: filio luctum, T.: quibus insidiae parabantur, S.: leges, introduce , S.: rictu in verba parato, ready to speak , O.—With reflex. pron., to prepare oneself, get ready : se, ut, etc., T.: se ad discendum: huc te pares: se in similem casum, Cs.: se ad proelium, L.— To prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, determine, meditate, be on the point of, be about : Quid Seres parent, H.: maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat, T.: Labienum adoriri, Cs.: quid pares respondere scire cupio: in nemus ire parant, V.: uxorem ut arcessat, T.: si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc., so ordered.—To procure, acquire, get, obtain : nobis psaltriam, T.: commeatūs, S.: locum et sedes, Cs.— To procure with money, buy, purchase : trans Tiberim hortos: iumenta, Cs.: servi aere parati, S.

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