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|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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