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păro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. πόρος; Lat. porta, peritus; also -per in pauper,
I.to make or get ready, to prepare, furnish, provide; to order, contrive, design, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: apparo, comparo, acquiro); with personal, non-personal, and abstract objects; constr. usually with acc. or inf., rarely with ut, ne, or absol.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α). With acc.: “omne paratum est, Ut jussisti ... prandium,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: “turres, falces, testudinesque,Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.: “incendia,Sall. C. 27, 2: “ad integrum bellum cuncta parat,id. J. 73, 1; Ter. And. 4, 4, 2: “quod parato opus est, para,id. ib. 3, 2, 43: “quam hic fugam aut furtum parat?id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; so with acc. of the act purposed: “fugam,” i. e. to prepare one's self for flight, Verg. A. 1, 360; Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: “filio luctum,Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 13: “cupiditates in animo,id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2: “bellum,Caes. B. G. 3, 9: “insidias alicui,Sall. C. 43, 2: “defensionem,id. ib. 35, 2: “leges,to introduce, id. ib. 51, 40: “verba a vetustate repetita gratiam novitati similem parant,furnish, Quint. 1, 6, 39.—More rarely with reflex. pron. and final clause, or ad and acc., or (mostly post-Aug.) with dat.: “hisce ego non paro me, ut rideant,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18; cf.: “quin ita paret se, ut, etc.,id. Hec. 1, 1, 11: “se ad discendum,Cic. Or. 35, 122: “ad iter parare,Liv. 42, 53, 2; cf.: “huc te pares, haec cogites,Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9: “alterutri se fortunae parans,Vell. 2, 43, 2: “se ad similem casum,Caes. B. G. 7, 41; Prop. 2, 24, 48 (3, 19, 32): “multitudo, quam ad capiunda arma paraverat,Sall. C. 27, 4: “parantibus utrisque se ad proelium,Liv. 9, 14, 1; 21, 31, 1: “ad proelium vos parate,Curt. 4, 13, 10: foro se parant, Sen. Contr. praef. § 4.—Pass.: “si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc.,so ordered, ordained, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122: “ut simul in omnia paremur,may habituate ourselves, Quint. 11, 3, 25.—
(β). With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, determine, be on the point of, be about to do any thing: signa sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 Vahl.): “maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat,Ter. Phorm. prol. 3: “munitiones institutas parat perficere,Caes. B. C. 1, 83: “omni Numidiae imperare parat,Sall. J. 13, 2: “proficisci parabat,id. C. 46, 3 Kritz: “in nemus ire parant,Verg. A. 4, 118: “multa parantem Dicere,id. ib. 4, 390.—
B. In partic., of fate, to prepare, destine any thing (poet.): cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo, for whom the Fates prepare (death), Verg. A. 2, 121: “quid fata parent,Luc. 1, 631; 6, 783: “motus fata parabant,id. 2, 68; cf.: “sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo,Vulg. Matt. 20, 23. —
II. Transf., to procure, acquire, get, obtain (freq. and class.).
B. In partic., to procure with money, to buy, purchase: “in Piraeum ire volo, parare piscatum mihi,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 64: “trans Tiberim hortos,Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; id. Fl. 29, 71 fin.: “jumenta,Caes. B. G. 4, 2: “servi aere parati,Sall. J. 31, 11: “argento parata mancipia,Liv. 41, 6 fin.—Hence, părātus , a, um, P. a., prepared.
(β). With inf.: “id quod parati sunt facere,Cic. Quint. 2, 8: “audire,id. Inv. 1, 16, 23: “paratos esse et obsides dare et imperata facere,Caes. B. G. 2, 3: “omnia perpeti parati,id. ib. 3, 9: “se paratum esse decertare,id. ib. 1, 44.—
B. In partic.
(β). With ab: ab omni re sumus paratiores, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6: si paratior ab exercitu esses, Cael. ib. 8, 10.—
(γ). With in and abl., well versed, skilled, experienced in any thing: “Q. Scaevola in jure paratissimus,Cic. Brut. 39, 145: “prompta et parata in agendo celeritas,id. ib. 42, 154: “in rebus maritimis,id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55.—
2. Of mental preparation, prepared, ready, in a good or bad sense: “ut ad partes paratus veniat,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1: “fabulam compositam Volsci belli, Hernicos ad partes paratos,Liv. 3, 10, 10: “ad quam (causarum operam) ego numquam, nisi paratus et meditatus accedo,Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12: “homo ad omne facinus paratissimus,id. Mil. 9, 25; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17; 2, 2, 15, § 37; id. Quint. 11, 39: “itane huc paratus advenis?Ter. And. 5, 4, 6; cf.: “philosophi habent paratum quid de quāque re dicant,Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152.—Hence, adv.: părātē .
1. Preparedly, with preparation: “ad dicendum parate venire,Cic. Brut. 68, 241: “paratius atque accuratius dicere,id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—
2. Transf.
a. Carefully, vigilantly: “id parate curavi ut caverem,Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9.—
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