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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=prospero prosperare, prosperavi, prosperatus V :: [[cause to succeed]], [[further]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prospĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[prosper]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[cause]] a [[thing]] to [[succeed]], to [[render]] [[fortunate]] or [[happy]], to [[prosper]] (syn. [[secundo]]; not in Cic.): vos [[precor]], uti [[populo]] Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old form of [[prayer]] in Liv. 8, 9, 7: ut consilia sua reipublicae prosperarent, Tac. A. 3, 56: deos [[precatus]], ut coepta prosperarent, id. H. 4, 53; cf.: patrum decreta, Hor. C. S. 18: hanc [[tibi]] veniam [[prospero]], i. e. [[make]] [[you]] [[happy]] [[with]], etc., Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 26: prosperata [[felicitas]], [[desired]] [[happiness]], Tert. Apol. 6: [[mala]] averruncare, bona prosperare, App. de Deo Socr. 16, p. 51.—Absol.: [[amico]] meo prosperabo, [[will]] [[make]] my [[friend]] [[happy]], Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 11: non prosperantibus avibus, the birds not giving favorable omens, Val. Max. 7, 2, 5.—With inf.: qui prosperavit mundari locum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 7.—Pass.: via impiorum prosperatur, Vulg. Jer. 12, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[render]] favorable or [[propitious]], to [[propitiate]] (post-class.): prosperatus [[deus]], Prud. στεφ. 10, 365: o Domine, [[bene]] prosperare, Vulg. Psa. 117 (118), 25.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prospĕrō</b>,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre ([[prosperus]]), tr., rendre heureux, faire réussir (rem alicui) : Liv. 8, 9, 7 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 56 ; H. 4, 53 &#124;&#124; rendre propice : Prud. Perist. 10, 365 &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] obtenir le succès : [[amico]] Pl. Pers. 263, rendre un [[ami]] heureux.||rendre propice : Prud. Perist. 10, 365||abs<sup>t</sup>] obtenir le succès : [[amico]] Pl. Pers. 263, rendre un [[ami]] heureux.
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{{Georges
|georg=prōspero, āvī, ātum, āre ([[prosper]]), I) [[einer]] [[Sache]] erwünschten (glücklichen) [[Erfolg]] [[verschaffen]] [[Gedeihen]] [[geben]] zu etw., alci victoriam, Liv.: coepta, Tac.: decreta patrum, Hor.: [[rei]] publicae consilia, Tac.: petitorum (der [[Bewerber]]) [[eventus]], Inscr.: [[mala]] averruncare, [[bona]] prosperare, Apul.: [[nec]] minimo est ([[nec]]) prosperatur [[pax]], Lucil. 656: prosperata [[felicitas]], erwünschte, Tert. – hanc [[tibi]] veniam [[prospero]], [[ich]] beglücke dich [[mit]] usw., Plaut.: absol., [[amico]] [[meo]] prosperabo, m. Fr. [[Glück]] [[bringen]], m. Fr. [[beglücken]], Plaut.: [[non]] prosperantibus avibus, keinen erwünschten (günstigen) [[Erfolg]] versprachen, Val. Max. – II) [[günstig]]-, [[gnädig]] [[machen]], [[deus]] [[prosperatus]], Prud. perist. 10, 365.
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