prepared

• Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything)

• Prepared for all things

prepared or ready for battle.

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păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. poros; 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.

Lit.

In gen.

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, [p. 1305] 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.—

With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, delermine, 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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

Transf., to procure, acquire, get, obtain (freq. and class.).

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.—

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.

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.—

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.—

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.—

In partic.

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.—

With ab: ab omni re sumus paratiores, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6: si paratior ab exercitu esses, Cael. ib. 8, 10.—

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.—

With contra:

te contra fortunam paratum armatumque cognovi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1.—

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.

Preparedly, with preparation:

ad dicendum parate venire,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

paratius atque accuratius dicere,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—

Transf.

Carefully, vigilantly:

id parate curavi ut caverem,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9.—

Readily, promptly:

paratius venire,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

paratissime respondere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16.

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

In gen.:

eodem hercle vos pono et paro: parissumi estis iibus,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.—

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.

păro, ōnis, m., = parôn, a small, light ship, Cic. poët. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 20 (ed. Orell. IV. 2, p. 572); Gell. 10, 25, 5; cf.:

parones navium genus, ad cujus similitudinem myoparo vocatur,

Fest. p. 222 Müll.

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ap-păro ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Bait.; app-, Lachm., Kayser, Weissenb., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to prepare or make ready for something (esp. with effort, care, expense), to put in order, provide, furnish, equip, etc. (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

alicui prandium adparare,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 61:

cenam adparare, Ter Heaut. 1, 1, 74: convivium,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 8:

ornare et apparare convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; * Hor. Epod. 2, 48; Suet. Claud. 33; cf. id. Caes. 26:

nuptias,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 34; so id. Phorm. 4, 4, 20:

bellum apparare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ludos magnificentissimos,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8 (cf. apparatus, II. B.):

iter ad caedem faciendam,

id. Mil. 10, 28:

aggerem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

bellum armaque vi summā,

Liv. 4, 1; 6, 21.—With ad:

ad hostes bellum apparatur,

Liv. 7, 7.— With in:

in Sestium adparabantur crimina,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—

Trop.:

nunc hoc consilium capio et hanc fabricam adparo,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 139:

ut tibi auxilium adparetur,

id. Ep 3, 2, 18.—Constr. with inf. as object:

delinire adparas,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 28:

meam exscindere gentem apparat,

Stat. Th. 4, 670:

traicere ex Siciliā,

Suet. Aug. 47.— Absol. (cf Ruhnk. Dict. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 19; Corte ad Sall. C. 6, 5, Bremi ad Nep. Thras. 2, 2):

dum adparatur,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

cum in apparando esset occupatus,

Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—With ut:

ut eriperes, adparabas,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 18.—Se apparare with inf. in Plaut.:

qui sese parere adparent legibus,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11.—Hence, appărā-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., pr. prepared; hence,

Of persons, prepared, ready:

adparatus sum, ut videtis,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10:

adparatus et meditatus ad causam accedo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12.—

Of things, well supplied, furnished with every thing:

domus omnibus instructior rebus et apparatior,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34.—Hence, magnificent, splendid, sumptuous (cf. apparatus, II. B.):

ludi apparatissimi et magnificentissimi,

Cic. Sest. 54:

apparatis accipere epulis,

Liv. 23, 4 Drak.:

apparatissimae epulae,

Sen. Ep. 83:

apparatissimum funus,

Suet. Ner. 9: munus apparatissimum largissimumque, id. Tit. 7.— Trop., of discourse, too studied, far-felched, labored: ut non apparata oratio esse videatur, Auct. ad Her. 1, 7; so,

verba apparata,

id. ib. (cf. apparatio).— Adv.: appărātē ( adp-), sumptuously:

et edit et bibit opipare sane et adparate,

Cic. Att. 13, 52:

ludi Romani scaenici eo anno magnifice apparateque facti (sunt),

Liv. 31, 4.— Comp.: Potes apparatius cenare apud multos;

nusquam hilarius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 15.

ălĭca, ae, f. [from alo, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; akin to aleô, olai acc. to Doed.], orig. adj., nourishing, sc. farina.

A kind of grain, spelt, Cato, R. R. 76 init.; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 50.—

Grits prepared from it, spelt-grits, Gr. chondros, later alix, Cels. 6, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 61, § 128.—

A drink prepared from these grits, Mart. 13, 6.

ap-păro ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Bait.; app-, Lachm., Kayser, Weissenb., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to prepare or make ready for something (esp. with effort, care, expense), to put in order, provide, furnish, equip, etc. (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

alicui prandium adparare,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 61:

cenam adparare, Ter Heaut. 1, 1, 74: convivium,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 8:

ornare et apparare convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; * Hor. Epod. 2, 48; Suet. Claud. 33; cf. id. Caes. 26:

nuptias,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 34; so id. Phorm. 4, 4, 20:

bellum apparare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ludos magnificentissimos,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8 (cf. apparatus, II. B.):

iter ad caedem faciendam,

id. Mil. 10, 28:

aggerem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

bellum armaque vi summā,

Liv. 4, 1; 6, 21.—With ad:

ad hostes bellum apparatur,

Liv. 7, 7.— With in:

in Sestium adparabantur crimina,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—

Trop.:

nunc hoc consilium capio et hanc fabricam adparo,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 139:

ut tibi auxilium adparetur,

id. Ep 3, 2, 18.—Constr. with inf. as object:

delinire adparas,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 28:

meam exscindere gentem apparat,

Stat. Th. 4, 670:

traicere ex Siciliā,

Suet. Aug. 47.— Absol. (cf Ruhnk. Dict. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 19; Corte ad Sall. C. 6, 5, Bremi ad Nep. Thras. 2, 2):

dum adparatur,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

cum in apparando esset occupatus,

Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—With ut:

ut eriperes, adparabas,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 18.—Se apparare with inf. in Plaut.:

qui sese parere adparent legibus,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11.—Hence, appărā-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., pr. prepared; hence,

Of persons, prepared, ready:

adparatus sum, ut videtis,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10:

adparatus et meditatus ad causam accedo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12.—

Of things, well supplied, furnished with every thing:

domus omnibus instructior rebus et apparatior,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34.—Hence, magnificent, splendid, sumptuous (cf. apparatus, II. B.):

ludi apparatissimi et magnificentissimi,

Cic. Sest. 54:

apparatis accipere epulis,

Liv. 23, 4 Drak.:

apparatissimae epulae,

Sen. Ep. 83:

apparatissimum funus,

Suet. Ner. 9: munus apparatissimum largissimumque, id. Tit. 7.— Trop., of discourse, too studied, far-felched, labored: ut non apparata oratio esse videatur, Auct. ad Her. 1, 7; so,

verba apparata,

id. ib. (cf. apparatio).— Adv.: appărātē ( adp-), sumptuously:

et edit et bibit opipare sane et adparate,

Cic. Att. 13, 52:

ludi Romani scaenici eo anno magnifice apparateque facti (sunt),

Liv. 31, 4.— Comp.: Potes apparatius cenare apud multos;

nusquam hilarius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 15.

in-strŭo, xi ( perf. sync. instruxti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 34), ctum, 3, v. a., to build in or into; to build,, erect, construct (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

contabulationem in parietes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

tubulos in earum (cloacarum) parietibus,

Vitr. 5, 9, 7:

muros,

Nep. Them. 6:

aggerem,

Tac. H. 2, 22.—

In partic.

To set in order, draw up in battle array:

legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

aciem,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Phil. 4, 5, 11:

contra copias praesidia vestrosque exercitus,

id. Cat. 2, 11 init.—Absol.:

ad instruendum spatium,

Liv. 9, 37, 3; 10, 19, 15; 24, 48, 11:

insidias in loco aliquo,

to lay an ambush, id. Clu. 66, 190; cf.:

quem insidiis instruendis locum?

Liv. 6, 23, 6:

acies circa vallum,

id. 3, 22, 5:

ad hunc modum aciem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

postremo in plures ordines,

Liv. 8, 8, 4:

naves,

Just. 5, 4, 1.—

To prepare, make ready, furnish, provide, to equip, fit out (with necessaries):

domum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

instruere et parare convivium omnibus rebus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: mensas,

Verg. A. 3, 231; Ov. M. 8, 571:

agrum,

to stock, furnish, Liv. 6, 5, 5:

hortos,

Col. 11, 2, 25; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

frumento et stipendio victorem,

Just. 6, 6:

et dotare filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

mulieri aurum atque ornamenta,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 35:

instruit focum provincia,

Juv. 5, 97:

socios simul instruit armis,

Verg. A. 8, 80:

concubinas securibus peltisque,

Suet. Ner. 44:

Xerxes bellum per quinquennium instruxit,

Just. 2, 10, 12; 8, 5, 2.—

Trop.

In gen., to procure, provide for, prepare for, furnish:

accusationem,

Cic. Clu. 6:

causam,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85:

in instruendo (orationem) dissipatus,

in arranging, Cic. Brut. 59, 216: se, to furnish, prepare one ' s self:

ad judicium nondum se satis instruxerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19:

neque spatium erat instruendi bellum,

Just. 8, 5, 2. —

In partic., to provide with information, to teach, instruct:

(oratores) parum his artibus instructos vidimus,

Cic. Brut. 59, 214:

judicem notitiā rerum,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

juvenes salubribus praeceptis,

Petr. 140: aliquem scientiā alicujus rei, Quint. prooem. § 23; cf. id. 1, 10, 5; 2, 4, 20; 2, 5, 1 al.— Absol., Just. praef. 4 (but in Cic. Cael. 30, 72, the true reading is instituimur).—

To plan, devise:

magnas res hic agito in mentem instruere,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 31:

instruendae fraudi intentior,

Liv. 23, 35, 14: insidias [p. 971] mihi, Cat. 18 (21), 7.—Hence, instructus, a, um, P. a., ordered, drawn up; furnished, provided with any thing.

Lit.:

exercitus ita stetit instructus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 4, 18:

acies,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

domicilia rebus iis omnibus, quibus, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

instructa et exornata domus,

provided with necessaries, id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

instructae ornataeque naves,

id. ib. 2, 5, 51, §

133: instructae atque ornatae omnibus rebus copiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 8:

omnibus rebus instructum et paratum convivium,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27.—

Trop.

Arranged, prepared; instructed:

jam instructa sunt mihi in corde consilia omnia,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7:

res satis scite instructae et compositae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,

id. Or. 5:

ad mortem contemnendam,

id. Fin. 2, 17:

ad dicendum instructissimus,

id. de Or. 3, 8.—

Instructed, versed in:

in jure civili,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:

omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 73:

a jure civili, ab historia instructior (v. ab),

id. Brut. 43.—

In a bad sense: accusatores instructi et subornati,

prepared, instructed, Cic. Vatin. 1, 3:

vitiis instructior,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 25.— Adv.: instructē, with great preparation; only comp.:

ludos opulentius instructius facere,

Liv. 1, 35, 7:

instructius accusare,

App. Mag. 34, p. 296.

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