Proculus
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prŏcŭlus: i, m.,
I a Roman surname: Proculum inter cognomina eum dicunt, qui natus est patre peregrinante a patriā procul. Proculos sunt qui credant ideo dictos, quia patribus senibus quasi procul progressā aetate nati sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll.—Esp.,
1 Proculus, a Roman senator, to whom Romulus is said to have imparted his desire to be worshipped as Quirinus, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20; id. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Liv 1, 16.—
2 A celebrated Roman jurist, whose disciples are called Prŏcŭ-lĭāni or Prŏcŭleiāni, Dig. 37, 14, 17; 1, 2, 2, § 53.
