I.a preparing, fitting out, preparation, provision, = apparatus: nullum necessarium vitae cultum aut paratum requirentis, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53: paratu militum et armorum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 2; Liv. 10, 41, 3 Drak. N. cr.: “proviso ante funebri paratu,” Tac. A. 13, 17: “natalem Vitellii diem celebravere ingenti paratu,” id. H. 2, 95: “mensaeque paratu Regifico,” Val. Fl. 2, 652: “magno cultu paratuque rerum et familiae,” Gell. 19, 1, 7: “lauto cenare paratu,” Juv. 14, 13.—In plur.: “largis paratibus uti,” Ov. H. 16, 191; so of ornament, id. M. 8, 683: “Tyrios induta paratus,” clothing, id. F. 3, 627: “ventris et ganeae,” Tac. A. 3, 52: “fortunae,” id. ib. 11, 30.
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