ap-păro (adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Bait.; app-, Lachm., Kayser, Weissenb., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to prepare or make ready for something (esp. with effort, care, expense), to put in order, provide, furnish, equip, etc. (freq. and class.).
I Lit.: alicui prandium adparare, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 61: cenam adparare, Ter. Heaut. 126: convivium, id. Ad. 965: ornare et apparare convivium, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; * Hor. Epod. 2, 48; Suet. Claud. 33; cf. id. Caes. 26: nuptias, Ter. And. 514; so id. Phorm. 701: bellum apparare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: ludos magnificentissimos, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8 (cf. apparatus, II. B.): iter ad caedem faciendam, id. Mil. 10, 28: aggerem, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: bellum armaque vi summā, Liv. 4, 1; 6, 21.—With ad : ad hostes bellum apparatur, Liv. 7, 7.— With in : in Sestium adparabantur crimina, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—
II Trop.: nunc hoc consilium capio et hanc fabricam adparo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 139: ut tibi auxilium adparetur, id. Ep. 3, 2, 18.—Constr. with inf. as object: delinire adparas, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 28: meam exscindere gentem apparat, Stat. Th. 4, 670: traicere ex Siciliā, Suet. Aug. 47.— Absol. (cf Ruhnk. Dict. ad Ter. And. 254; Corte ad Sall. C. 6, 5, Bremi ad Nep. Thras. 2, 2): dum adparatur, Ter. Eun. 583: cum in apparando esset occupatus, Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—With ut : ut eriperes, adparabas, Plaut. Aul. 5, 18.—Se apparare with inf. in Plaut.: qui sese parere adparent legibus, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11.
III —Hence, appărā-tus ( adp- ), a, um, P. a., pr. prepared; hence,
A Of persons, prepared , ready : adparatus sum, ut videtis, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10: adparatus et meditatus ad causam accedo, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12.—
B Of things, well supplied , furnished with every thing : domus omnibus instructior rebus et apparatior, Cic. Inv. 1, 34.—Hence, magnificent , splendid , sumptuous (cf. apparatus, II. B.): ludi apparatissimi et magnificentissimi, Cic. Sest. 54: apparatis accipere epulis, Liv. 23, 4 Drak.: apparatissimae epulae, Sen. Ep. 83: apparatissimum funus, Suet. Ner. 9: munus apparatissimum largissimumque, id. Tit. 7.—Trop., of discourse, too studied , far-fetched , labored : ut non apparata oratio esse videatur, Auct. Her. 1, 7; so, verba apparata, id. ib. (cf. apparatio).— Adv.: appărātē ( adp- ), sumptuously : et edit et bibit opipare sane et adparate, Cic. Att. 13, 52: ludi Romani scaenici eo anno magnifice apparateque facti (sunt), Liv. 31, 4.— Comp. : Potes apparatius cenare apud multos; nusquam hilarius, Plin. Ep. 1, 15.