prospĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [prosper].
I To cause a thing to succeed , to render fortunate or happy , to prosper (syn. secundo; not in Cic.): vos precor, uti populo Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old form of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7: ut consilia sua reipublicae prosperarent, Tac. A. 3, 56: deos precatus, ut coepta prosperarent, id. H. 4, 53; cf.: patrum decreta, Hor. C. S. 18: hanc tibi veniam prospero, i. e. make you happy with , etc., Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 26: prosperata felicitas, desired happiness , Tert. Apol. 6: mala averruncare, bona prosperare, Ap. Deo Socr. 16, p. 51.— Absol. : amico meo prosperabo, will make my friend happy , Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 11: non prosperantibus avibus, the birds not giving favorable omens , Val. Max. 7, 2, 5.—With inf.: qui prosperavit mundari locum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 7.— Pass. : via impiorum prosperatur, Vulg. Jer. 12, 1.—
II To render favorable or propitious , to propitiate (post-class.): prosperatus deus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 365: o Domine, bene prosperare, Vulg. Psa. 117 (118), 25.