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prō-crĕo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to bring forth, beget, generate, procreate, produce (class.).
I. Lit.: “procreare liberos lepidum est onus,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 88: “multiplices fetus,” Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 128: “de matrefamilias duo filios,” id. Rep. 2, 19, 34: “liberos ex tribus uxoribus,” Nep. Reg. 2, 3: “hoc solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus es,” Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; id. Fin. 3, 19, 62; Plin. Pan. 26, 6: “natura hinc sensus animantum procreat omnes,” Lucr. 2, 880: “terra ex minutissimis seminibus tantos truncos ramosque procreat,” Cic. Sen. 15, 52.—
II. Trop., to produce, make, cause, occasion (class.): “usum,” Lucr. 4, 835: “tribunatus, cujus primum ortum inter arma civium procreatum videmus,” Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19: “vetus verbum est: Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur,” Macr. S. 2, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.880
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.835
    • Cornelius Nepos, Kings, 2.3
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.2
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.8
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.19
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.19
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.5
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 15
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