paratio

părātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. paro],

a preparing , getting , procuring (rare for comparatio; not in Cic.): nulla inest paratio, Afran. ap. Non. 219, 27: rerum, Dig. 30, 1, 39 fin. : regni, a striving after sovereignty , Sall. J. 31, 7.