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pārĕo (parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one’s self; to be present or at hand.

  1. I. Lit. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt, Suet. Aug. 95: quoties paruit Hermogenes, Mart. 12, 29, 18: haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret, Stat. S. 2, 2, 76: quae si parent simul, Quint. 1, 12, 4: caeli cui sidera parent, are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.
    So freq. in eccl. Lat.: parebit signum filii hominis in caelo, Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.
    Impers.: paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere, Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To appear (as a servant) at a person’s commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere): magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice, Gell. 10, 3, 19: ad memoriam, Spart. Pesc. 7.
      1. 2. Transf.
        1. a. To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire, Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.): hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati, id. N. D. 1, 8, 19: non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc., id. Phil. 7, 1, 2: (noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi, id. Rep. 1, 40, 163: legibus, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: religionibus, id. N. D. 2, 3, 8: imperio, Caes. B. G. 5, 2: populo patiente atque parente, Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61: alicujus imperiis, Juv. 14, 331.
          Impers. pass.: dicto paretur, Liv. 9, 32: remissius imperanti melius paretur, Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1: ut arbitri sententiae pareatur, Dig. 4, 8, 23: si paritum fuerit condicioni, ib. 40, 4, 12.
          Poet., with respective acc.: non adeo parebimus omnia matri, Stat. Ach. 1, 660.
          Of inanim. and abstr. subjects: lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates, Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.
        2. b. To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to: nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret, Caes. B. C. 3, 81: oppidum, quod regi paret, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145: negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum, Just. 1, 3, 3: quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent, Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.
        3. c. To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to: necessitati, Cic. Or. 60, 202: et tempori et voluntati, id. Vatin. 1, 2: cupiditatibus, id. Fin. 1, 16, 53: dolori et iracundiae, id. Att. 2, 21, 4: extremo furori, Val. Fl. 7, 154.
        4. d. To yield to one’s promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay: promissis, Ov. F. 5, 504: pensionibus, Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.—
    2. B. Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.): quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret, Cic. Mil. 6, 15.
      Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.: si paret adversum edictum fecisse, id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.: paritum est, Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.
      Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient: parentiores exercitus, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).
  3. II. Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject: parentes abunde habemus, Sall. J. 102, 7: vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc., id. ib. 3, 2: ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum, Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).

2. părĭo, pĕpĕri, părĭtum, and partum, 3 (fut. part. parturam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 86; fut. paribis for paries, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 3; inf. parire, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll., and in Diom. p. 378 P.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63), v. a. [cf. Gr. root πορ- in ἔπορον, gave, πέπρωται, is fated; Lat. portio, partus, puerpera, perh. parare], to bring forth, to bear; of animals, to drop, lay, spawn, etc. (syn. gigno).

  1. I. Lit.: si quintum pareret mater ejus, asinum fuisse pariturum, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: ut ea liberos ex sese pareret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3: gallinas teneras, quae primum parient, concludat, Cato, R. R. 89; so, quae gallina id ovum peperisset, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf.: ova parire solet, etc., Enn. l. l. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.): nam audivi feminam ego leonem semel parire, Plaut. l. l.
    Of plants, to flower, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.
    1. B. Transf
      1. 1. Of males, to beget (poet.): apud tragicos: et jam leo pariet, at pater est, Quint. 8, 6, 34; Caecil. ap. Non. 464, 22 (in a corrupt passage).
      2. 2. In gen., to bring forth, produce: ligna putrefacta per imbres Vermiculos pariunt, Lucr. 2, 899: ut sarmentum in pariendis colibus vires habeat majores, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 41, 5: fruges et reliqua, quae terra pariat, Cic. N. D. 1, 2; Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 31, 10, 46, § 112: spiritum, Vulg. Isa. 26, 18.
  2. II. Trop., to produce, create, bring about, accomplish, occasion, devise, invent, procure, acquire, etc. (syn.: genero, creo, gigno): ars dicendi habet hanc vim, non ut aliquid pariat et procreet, verum ut educet atque confirmet, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 356: qui famam multo peperere labore, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 188 (Ann. v. 427 Vahl.): dolorem, voluptatem, Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: discidium, Lucr. 1, 220: taedium, Quint. 9, 4, 43: spinosiora multa pepererunt, Cic. Or. 32, 114; so, quibus etiam verba parienda sunt, id. Fin. 3, 1, 3; and: hinc fabulae Scyllam et Charybdim peperere, Just. 4, 1, 13: ne quicquam nobis pariant ex se incommodi, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 17: alicui aegritudinem, id. Trin. 2, 2, 35: fiduciam, Sall. H. 1, 41, 22 Dietsch: alicni curas, Prop. 1, 18, 23: obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit, Ter. And. 1, 1, 41: sibi maximam laudem, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47: meis laboribus dignitas salusque pariatur, id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; id. Sull. 17, 49: praedā improbe partā, id. Fin. 1, 16, 51: aliquem honeste partis bonis privare, id. Quint. 23, 74; id. Sull. 28, 77: sibi salutem, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: ante partam rei militaris gloriam amittere, id. B. G. 6, 39: gratiam ingentem apud aliquem, Liv. 34, 44: sibi decus et victoriam, id. 30, 14: amicos officio et fide, Sall. J. 10, 4: alicui somnum mero, Tib. 1, 7, 27 (6, 23): qui sibi letum Insontes peperere manu, Verg. A. 6, 434; Tib. 4, 13, 20.
    Hence, partus, a, um, P. a., that has borne: parta nutrici consociata, etc., the ewe that has dropped the lamb, Col. 7, 4, 3.
    1. B. Gained, acquired.
      Hence, as subst.: parta, ōrum, n., acquisitions, possessions: quod majus dedecus est parta amittere, quam omnino non paravisse, Sall. J. 31, 17; cf. id. C. 51, 42; d. H. 1, 41, 17 Dietsch: tantis parta malis curā majore metuque Servantur, Juv. 14, 303.

1. păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. πόρος; Lat. porta, peritus; also -per in pauper], to make or get ready, to prepare, furnish, provide; to order, contrive, design, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: apparo, comparo, acquiro); with personal, non-personal, and abstract objects; constr. usually with acc. or inf., rarely with ut, ne, or absol.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
          1. (α) With acc.: omne paratum est, Ut jussisti … prandium, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: turres, falces, testudinesque, Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.: incendia, Sall. C. 27, 2: ad integrum bellum cuncta parat, id. J. 73, 1; Ter. And. 4, 4, 2: quod parato opus est, para, id. ib. 3, 2, 43: quam hic fugam aut furtum parat? id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; so with acc. of the act purposed: fugam, i. e. to prepare one’s self for flight, Verg. A. 1, 360; Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: filio luctum, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 13: cupiditates in animo, id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2: bellum, Caes. B. G. 3, 9: insidias alicui, Sall. C. 43, 2: defensionem, id. ib. 35, 2: leges, to introduce, id. ib. 51, 40: verba a vetustate repetita gratiam novitati similem parant, furnish, Quint. 1, 6, 39.
            More rarely with reflex. pron. and final clause, or ad and acc., or (mostly post-Aug.) with dat.: hisce ego non paro me, ut rideant, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18; cf.: quin ita paret se, ut, etc., id. Hec. 1, 1, 11: se ad discendum, Cic. Or. 35, 122: ad iter parare, Liv. 42, 53, 2; cf.: huc te pares, haec cogites, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9: alterutri se fortunae parans, Vell. 2, 43, 2: se ad similem casum, Caes. B. G. 7, 41; Prop. 2, 24, 48 (3, 19, 32): multitudo, quam ad capiunda arma paraverat, Sall. C. 27, 4: parantibus utrisque se ad proelium, Liv. 9, 14, 1; 21, 31, 1: ad proelium vos parate, Curt. 4, 13, 10: foro se parant, Sen. Contr. praef. § 4.
            Pass.: si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc., so ordered, ordained, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122: ut simul in omnia paremur, may habituate ourselves, Quint. 11, 3, 25.
          2. (β) With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, determine, be on the point of, be about to do any thing: signa sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 Vahl.): maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat, Ter. Phorm. prol. 3: munitiones institutas parat perficere, Caes. B. C. 1, 83: omni Numidiae imperare parat, Sall. J. 13, 2: proficisci parabat, id. C. 46, 3 Kritz: in nemus ire parant, Verg. A. 4, 118: multa parantem Dicere, id. ib. 4, 390.
          3. (γ) With ut or ne (very rare): aequom fuit deos paravisse, uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent, have so ordered it, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 130; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122 supra: age jam, uxorem ut arcessat, paret, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 75: animo virili praesentique ut sis, para, id. Phorm. 5, 7, 64.
          4. (δ) With rel.-clause: quom accepisti, haud multo post aliquid quod poscas paras, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 16: priusquam unum dederis, centum quae poscat parat, id. Truc. 1, 1, 31.
            Absol., to make preparations, to prepare one’s self (very rare): at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare, parare, alius alium hortari, etc., Sall. C. 6, 5: contra haec oppidani festinare, parare, id. J. 76, 4; 60, 1: jussis (militibus) ad iter parare, Liv. 42, 53.
    2. B. In partic., of fate, to prepare, destine any thing (poet.): cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo, for whom the Fates prepare (death), Verg. A. 2, 121: quid fata parent, Luc. 1, 631; 6, 783: motus fata parabant, id. 2, 68; cf.: sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo, Vulg. Matt. 20, 23.
  2. II. Transf., to procure, acquire, get, obtain (freq. and class.).
    1. A. In gen.: jam ego parabo Aliquam dolosam fidicinam, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 37: at dabit, parabit, id. Ps. 1, 3, 49: ille bonus vir nobis psaltriam Paravit, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 31; id. Eun. 4, 6, 32: eum mihi precatorem paro, id. Heaut. 5, 2, 49: cetera parare, quae parantur pecuniā … amicos non parare, Cic. Lael. 15, 55: sibi regnum, Sall. C. 5, 6: exercitum, id. ib. 29, 3: commeatus, id. J. 28, 7: locum et sedes, Caes. B. G. 1, 31; 6, 22: quin ei velut opes sint quaedam parandae, Quint. 10, 1, 15: de lodice parandā, Juv. 7, 66.
    2. B. In partic., to procure with money, to buy, purchase: in Piraeum ire volo, parare piscatum mihi, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 64: trans Tiberim hortos, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; id. Fl. 29, 71 fin.: jumenta, Caes. B. G. 4, 2: servi aere parati, Sall. J. 31, 11: argento parata mancipia, Liv. 41, 6 fin.
      Hence, părātus, a, um, P. a., prepared.
    1. A. In gen., ready (class.): ex paratā re imparatam omnem facis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 6; so (opp. imparata) id. Cas. 4, 4, 8: tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 114: quos locos multā commentatione atque meditatione paratos atque expeditos habere debetis, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118: propositum ac paratum auxilium, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 22: omnia ad bellum apta ac parata, Caes. B. C. 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 88: obvius et paratus umor, id. Ep. 2, 17, 25: parata victoria, an easy victory, Liv. 5, 6.
          1. (β) With inf.: id quod parati sunt facere, Cic. Quint. 2, 8: audire, id. Inv. 1, 16, 23: paratos esse et obsides dare et imperata facere, Caes. B. G. 2, 3: omnia perpeti parati, id. ib. 3, 9: se paratum esse decertare, id. ib. 1, 44.
          2. (γ) With dat. (not in Cic. or Cæs.): vel bello vel paci paratus, Liv. 1, 1, 8: nec praedae magis quam pugnae paratos esse, id. 7, 16, 4: imperio, id. 9, 36, 8: ferri acies … parata neci, Verg. A. 2, 334: veniae, Ov. P. 2, 2, 117: animus sceleribus, Tac. A. 12, 47: provincia peccantibus, id. Agr. 6: athleta certamini paratior, Quint. 8, 3, 10: castris ponendis, Liv. 33, 6: omnibus audendis paratissimus, Vell. 2, 56, 4.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Prepared, provided, furnished, fitted, equipped with any thing: intellegit me ita paratum atque instructum ad judicium venire, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7; cf.: ad permovendos animos instructi et parati, id. Or. 5, 20: scutis telisque parati ornatique, id. Caecin. 21, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fam. 2, 4, 2: quo paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse possim, id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41: paratus ad navigandum, id. Att. 9, 6, 2: ad omnem eventum paratus sum, id. Fam. 6, 21, 1; cf.: in omnīs causas paratus, Quint. 10, 5, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 3; Suet. Galb. 19: ad mentiendum paratus, Cic. Lael. 26, 98: animo simus ad dimicandum parati, Caes. B. C. 3, 85 fin.: paratiores ad omnia pericula subeunda, id. B. G. 1, 5: ad dicendum parati, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38.
          1. (β) With ab: ab omni re sumus paratiores, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6: si paratior ab exercitu esses, Cael. ib. 8, 10.
          2. (γ) With in and abl., well versed, skilled, experienced in any thing: Q. Scaevola in jure paratissimus, Cic. Brut. 39, 145: prompta et parata in agendo celeritas, id. ib. 42, 154: in rebus maritimis, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55.
          3. (δ) With contra: te contra fortunam paratum armatumque cognovi, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1.
      2. 2. Of mental preparation, prepared, ready, in a good or bad sense: ut ad partes paratus veniat, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1: fabulam compositam Volsci belli, Hernicos ad partes paratos, Liv. 3, 10, 10: ad quam (causarum operam) ego numquam, nisi paratus et meditatus accedo, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12: homo ad omne facinus paratissimus, id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17; 2, 2, 15, § 37; id. Quint. 11, 39: itane huc paratus advenis? Ter. And. 5, 4, 6; cf.: philosophi habent paratum quid de quāque re dicant, Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152.
        Hence, adv.: părātē.
      1. 1. Preparedly, with preparation: ad dicendum parate venire, Cic. Brut. 68, 241: paratius atque accuratius dicere, id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.
      2. 2. Transf.
        1. a. Carefully, vigilantly: id parate curavi ut caverem, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9.
        2. b. Readily, promptly: paratius venire, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72: paratissime respondere, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16.

2. păro, āre, v. a. [par], to make equal, esteem equal.

  1. * I. In gen.: eodem hercle vos pono et paro: parissumi estis iibus, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.
  2. II. In partic., to bring to an agreement, arrange with any one: se paraturum cum collegā, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25; cf. Fest. p. 234 Müll.