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ap-prŏpĕro (adp- , Ritschl, Fleck., Baiter, Halm, Weissenb.; app- , Merkel, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to hasten, accelerate (syn.: “festino, accelero, maturo, volo, provolo, curro, accurro): opus adeo adproperatum est, ut, etc.,” Liv. 4, 9: “quae (res) summā ope adproperata erat,” id. 26, 15; 27, 25: intercisis venis mortem adproperavit, * Tac. A. 16, 14 (cf.: “adcelerare mortem,” Lucr. 6, 773).—With inf. as object: “portasque intrare patentes Appropera,” Ov. M. 15, 584.—
II. Neutr., to fly, hasten, hurry somewhere: “adde gradum, adpropera,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 3: adproperat, * Ter. And. 3, 1, 17: “eum, ut adproperet, adhorteris,” Cic. Att. 4, 6, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10 fin.—Trop.: “ad cogitatum facinus approperare,” Cic. Mil. 15.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.6.4
    • Cicero, For Milo, 15
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.584
    • Tacitus, Annales, 16.14
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.773
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 15
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