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prŏcer, ĕris, in sing. only Juv. 8, 26, and Capitol. Max. 2; prŏcĕres, um (anteclass. collat. form prŏcus, i, in the gen. plur.: procum patricium in descriptione classium quam facit, Serv. Tullius, significat procerum, Fest. p. 249 Müll.; cf.: jam (ut censoriae tabulae loquuntur) fabrum et procum audeo dicere, non fabrorum et procorum, Cic. Or. 46, 156), m. [pro and root kar- of creo; cf. procērus].

  1. I. Lit., a chief, noble; plur., the leading men, chiefs, nobles, princes (class.; syn.: primores, optimates, primi): scindunt proceres Pergamum, the Grecian chiefs, princes, * Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130: audiebam nostros proceres clamitantes, Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 1: Latinorum, Liv. 1, 45, 2: Etruscorum, id. 2, 10: ego proceribus civitatis annumeror, Tac. A. 14, 53: Caecina Largus e proceribus, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 5: delectos populi ad proceres, Verg. A. 3, 58: castrorum, Luc. 7, 69: in procerum coetu, id. 8, 261; Juv. 2, 121; 3, 213: proceres rerum, Sil. 11, 142.
    Transf., of bees: procerum seditio, Col. 9, 9, 6.
    In sing.: agnosco procerem, Juv. 8, 26: in pueritiā fuit pastor nonnumquam et procer, a leader, captain, Capitol. Max. 2.
  2. II. Trop., the foremost or most celebrated men, the masters in an art, science, etc. (post-Aug.): proceres artis ejus (medicinae), Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26: sapientiae, id. 7, 30, 31, § 112: gulae, id. 9, 17, 30, § 66: indicatis in genere utroque (pingendi) proceribus, id. 35, 11, 40, § 138.

prŏcĕres, um, v. procer.

prōcērus, a, um, adj. [pro and root karof creo; cf. Gr. κράτος, κρατερός], high, tall, long.

  1. I. Lit. (class.; cf. excelsus): procerum collum, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: boves cornibus proceris, Col. 6, 1, 3: in procero corpore, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 22: homo procerae staturae, Suet. Vesp. 23: habitu procerus, Tac. H. 4, 1: pueritia, id. ib. 4, 14: homo procerior, Col. 3, 8, 2: usus est calceamentis altiusculis, ut procerior videretur, Suet. Aug. 73: (Galatea) floridior pratis, longa procerior alno, Ov. M. 13, 790: inter hos procerissimos populos, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: procerissimus quisque, Suet. Calig. 47: cohortes, Sil. 15, 717: statura, Vulg. Num. 13, 33.
    Of plants, trees: procerissimae populi, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: quid enim abiete procerius? Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 26: proceras lauros, Cat. 64, 289: silvae, Ov. H. 16, 107; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 7: Pompeianum (genus) procerius, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140.
    1. B. In partic., perh. the name of a company of tall soldiers, similar to our grenadiers: VETERANVS EX PROCERIORIBVS, Inscr. Murat. 800, 2.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., long, extended, large: passus, Lucr. 4, 827: aves procero rostro, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: lupi, large, Hor. S. 2, 2, 36; cf.: thoes, luporum id genus est, procerius longitudine, Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123: procerior cauda, id. 8, 45, 70, § 183: dextera, id. 11, 43, 99, § 245: proceriores uniones, id. 9, 35, 56, § 113: cucurbitae, id. 19, 5, 24, § 72: syllabae procerae sunt, quae vocalem longam habent in paenultima, ut facultas, long, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 423 P.: anapaestus, procerior numerus, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185.
    Poet.: plangebant aliae proceris tympana palmis, i. e. outstretched, upraised, Cat. 64, 289.
    Hence, * adv.: prōcērē; comp.: bracchium procerius projectum, stretched out to a greater length, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220.