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prŏpĭtĭo , āvi, ātum, 1 (prōpĭtĭo, Ven. Fort. S. M. 4, 163; Prud. στεφ. 3, 211), v. a. id.,
I.to render favorable, to appease, propitiate (ante-class. and post-Aug.; cf. placo), Pac. ap. Non. 111, 20: “Venerem,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 120: “manes Galbae,Suet. Oth. 7: “Jovem,Curt. 4, 13, 15; 4, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 95, 50; Val. Max. 1, 1, 1: “propitiata Juno per matronas,Tac. A. 15, 44: “numina,Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135: “suum genium,Tac. Or. 9.—Pass., to be propitious: “propitietur vobis Dominus,Vulg. Lev. 23, 28.—
II. Transf., to atone for: “de propitiato peccato,Vulg. Ecclus. 5, 5.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 23.28
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.44
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Otho, 7
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 95.50
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.13.15
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.7.24
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.1.1
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