prō praep. with abl.
PRO-.—Of place,
before, in front of, in face of
: sedens pro aede Castoris: pro castris
dimicare, Cs.: castra pro moenibus
locata, L.: pro castris suas copias
produxit,
before the camp
, Cs.: pro tectis aedificiorum,
from the roofs
, S.—Of conspicuous appearance or publicity,
before, in the presence of, on, in, in front of
: hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā,
coming forward on the tribune
, Cs.: me significasse . . . idque pro
tribunali,
in open court
: laudatus pro contione Iugurtha,
before the assembled army
, S.: pro contione litteras
recitare,
to the assembly
, Cu.: uti pro consilio imperatum
erat,
in the council
, S.: pro collegio pronuntiare,
L.—Of defence or protection,
for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, in the service of, on
the side of
: contra omnia dici et pro omnibus: hoc non modo non pro
me, sed contra me est potius: haec contra legem proque lege dicta,
L.: labores dolorem pro patriā
suscipere: pro patriā mori, H.: urbes pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae,
S.: et locus pro vobis et nox erit,
L.—Of replacement or substitution,
in the place of, instead of, for
: ego pro te molam, T.: saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus: pro bene sano fictum
vocamus, H.—Esp., in titles: pro consule in
Ciliciam proficiscens,
vice-consul
: pro consulibus alqm mittere, non pro consule,
instead of the consuls, not as proconsul
: cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem: pro magistro: ut,
qui pro dictatore fuisset, dictator crederetur,
L.—Of compensation,
for, in exchange for, in return for
: pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,
T.: dimidium eius quod pactus esset, pro carmine
daturum: id pro immolatis Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,
L.: dedit pro corpore nummos,
as a ransom
, H.—Of equivalence,
for, the same as, just as, as
: hunc amavi pro meo,
as my own
, T.: qui mihi unus est pro centum
milibus,
of as much weight with me
: quos pro nihilo putavit: pro occiso relictus,
for dead
: cum pro damnato esset,
as good as condemned
: neque recte neque pro bono facere (i. e. ita,
ut pro bono habeatur), S.: pro vano nuntius
audiri,
as a boaster
, L.—Esp., in phrases. —Pro eo,
as an equivalent, just the same
: sin minus, pro eo tamen id
habeamus.—Pro eo atque,
just the same as, even as
: pro eo ac mereor,
just as I deserve
: pro eo ac debui,
just as was my duty
. —Pro eo quod,
for the reason that, because
: pro eo quod eius nomen erat magnā apud
omnīs gloriā. —Of relation or
proportion,
for, in proportion, in comparison with, in accordance with, according to,
conformably to, by virtue of
: pro multitudine hominum angusti fines,
Cs.: exercitum pro loco atque copiis
instruit, S.: agere pro viribus: quia pro
imperio palam interfici non poterat,
in consideration of
, L.: illum submovere pro imperio more
maiorum,
summarily
, L.: satis pro imperio,
dictatorially enough
, T.: pro tuā prudentiā:
pro tempore et pro re,
according to time and circumstances
, Cs.: pro facultatibus,
N.—In phrases, with
parte
: quibus aliquid opis fortasse, pro suā quisque
parte ferre potuisset,
each according to his own measure of influence
: pro meā tenui parte id defendere,
to the best of my poor ability
: pro virili parte,
manfully
: rerum gestarum memoriae pro virili parte
consuluisse, i. e.
to have done my share towards preserving
, L.: beneficio plus quam pro virili parte
obligatus, i. e.
under more than personal obligations
. —For pro ratā parte, see ratus.—With
eo
: pro magnitudine iniuriae, proque eo quod res p.
temptatur, vindicare,
as required by the fact that
, etc.: pro antiquitate generis sui, pro eo, quod, etc.,
in view of the fact
: ea pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse
aestimanda,
according to the weight of each
.—Pro se quisque,
each for himself, each in his measure, individually
: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cum pro se
quisque operam navare cuperet, Cs.: pro
se quisque viri nituntur, V.
