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|lshtext=<b>prōcūrātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[procuro]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A caring for, [[taking]] [[care]] of, having the [[charge]] of a [[thing]]; a [[charge]], [[superintendence]], [[administration]], [[management]], procuration ([[class]].): dum me rei publicae non [[solum]] [[cura]], sed quaedam [[etiam]] [[procuratio]] multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11: dum [[necesse]] erat, [[unus]] omnia poterat: qui, [[postea]] [[quam]] [[magistratus]] creavit, sua cuique [[procuratio]] auctoritasque est restituta, id. Rosc. Am. 48, 139: [[procuratio]] templi, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2: mearum rerum existimationisque meae, Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 3: rerum humanarum, id. N. D. 1, 1, 3: ministerii, Liv. 4, 8: annonae, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6: [[male]] [[gesta]], Quint. 7, 4, 35.—In plur.: ad amplissimas procurationes [[promotus]], charges, offices, Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[effort]], [[aim]], [[seeking]] for [[any]] [[thing]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[quia]] [[benignitas]] eum per [[sese]] ipsa delectet, [[sine]] ullā recipiendae gratiae procuratione, Gell. 17, 5, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of [[religious]] acts, an [[averting]] or expiating of an [[evil]] [[omen]] or [[crime]] by [[offering]] the [[proper]] sacrifices, an [[expiatory]] [[sacrifice]], [[expiation]] ([[class]].): cum terrae [[motus]] [[factus]] esset, ut [[sue]] plena [[procuratio]] fieret, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101: prodigii, Liv. 7, 6: procurationes incesti, Tac. A. 12, 8.