I.o scanned short, Tib. 1, 5, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 587), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to take care of, attend to, look after any thing.
I. In gen. (class.; syn.: curam gero).
(α).
Act.: “nunc tu te interim, quasi pro puerperā, hic procuras,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 59: “pueros,” id. Poen. prol. 28; cf.: “nunc puero utere et procura,” id. Truc. 4, 4, 25: “hic sunt trecenti nummi ... hinc me procura,” id. Poen. 3, 4, 5: “corpora,” Verg. A. 9, 158: “sacrificia,” Caes. B. G. 6, 13: “sacra,” Nep. Them. 2, 8: “arbores,” Cato, R. R. 43: “semina,” Pall. 7, 9: “plantas,” id. 12, 7, 11.—
(β).
Neutr., with dat., to look after, care for (ante- and post-class.): “bene procuras mihi,” Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 37: “victui potuique,” Arn. 3, 115.—
II. In partic., to take care of, to manage one's affairs (class.).
A. Act.: “procurat negotia Dionysii,” Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 3: “hereditatem,” id. Att. 6, 9, 2.—Hence, of religious acts, to avert or expiate (evil omens) by sacrifice (cf.: “expio, lustro): monstra,” Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3: “procurare atque expiare signa, quae a diis hominibus portenduntur,” id. ib. 2, 63, 130; Liv. 1, 21; 5, 18; 27, 37: “ostentum,” Phaedr. 3, 3, 16: “fulgur,” Suet. Galb. 4: “sacrificio ostentorum ac fulgurum denuntiationes procurantur,” Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—
B. Neutr., to hold a charge or administration, to be procurator: “cum procuraret in Hispaniā,” Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17: “procurante Pontio Pilato Judaeam,” Vulg. Luc. 3, 1; Dig. 29, 2, 86.—With dat. of person (post-class.): “procurare patri,” to act as agent for, Dig. 32, 1, 34, § 1; 27, 1, 44.— With dat. of thing: “operibus publicis,” Dig. 43, 8, 2.—Of religious acts, to make expiation or atonement: VT CONSVL HOSTIIS MAIORIBVS IOVI ET MARTI PROCVRARET, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—With ne: “ipse procuravi, ne possent saeva nocere Somnia, ter sancta deveneranda mola,” Tib. 1, 5, 13.—Impers. pass.: “simul procuratum est, quod tripedem mulum Reate natum nuntiatum erat,” Liv. 40, 2.
