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|lshtext=<b>prosper</b>: and [[more]] freq. prospĕrus, a. um, adj. pro-[[spero]], [[answering]] to [[hope]]; cf. [[spes]],<br /><b>I</b> [[agreeable]] to one's wishes, favorable, [[fortunate]], [[prosperous]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[faustus]], [[propitius]]): sperem veteres pro spem dixerunt, [[unde]] et [[prospere]] dicimus, hoc est, pro spe, Non. 171, 25: [[auspicium]] prosperum, Naev. 4, 2; cf. in [[sup]].: prosperrimum [[augurium]], Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21: prospera adversaque [[fortuna]], Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89: magnis [[autem]] viris prosperae [[semper]] omnes res, id. ib. 2, 66, 167: prosperae res, id. Brut. 3, 12: non jam id [[ago]], ut prosperos [[exitus]] consequar, id. Att. 9, 7, 1: [[successus]], Liv. praef. fin.: prosperrimo rerum eventu, Vell. 2, 122, 2.—Comp.: prosperior civium [[amor]], Tac. A. 6, 51: mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā, Ov. A. A. 3, 50: prosperius [[fatum]], id. F. 3, 614: nomina, of [[good]] [[omen]], Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 22; so, verba, Ov. P. 4, 4, 38.—In nom. [[sing]].: [[prosper]] dicendi [[successus]], Auct. ap. Prisc. p. 693 P.; Anthol. Lat. 5, 132: [[deinde]] est hominum generi [[prosperus]] et [[salutaris]] [[ille]] [[fulgor]], qui dicitur Jovis, [[propitious]], favorable, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (cited in Prisc. p. 693 P.): immoriens magnis non [[prosperus]] ausis, Sil. 10, 202: [[prosperus]] in Africam [[transitus]], Val. Max. 3, 7, 1.—With [[evenio]] (cf. [[prospere]]): omnia quae prospera [[tibi]] evenere, Liv. 28, 42, 15: si [[cetera]] prospera evenissent, id. 21, 21, 9: [[quod]] [[bellum]] ... ut id prosperum eveniret, id. 42, 28, 7; 37, 47, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[poet]].): noctilucam. Prosperam frugum, [[beneficial]] to fruits, Hor. C. 4, 6, 39.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst., in plur.: prospĕra, ōrum, n., favorable circumstances, [[good]] [[fortune]], [[prosperity]] (postAug.): prospera belli, Luc. 5, 782: rerum, id. 7, 107: tam [[mala]] [[Pompeii]] [[quam]] prospera [[mundus]] adoret, id. 7, 708: [[Germani]] prosperis feroces, Tac. H. 5, 15; Plin. [[Pan]]. 7.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> pro-spĕrē, [[agreeably]] to one's wishes, favorably, [[luckily]], [[fortunately]], [[prosperously]] ([[class]].): omnia [[profluenter]], [[prospere]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 53: procedere, id. Fam. 12, 9, 2: cedere alicui, Nep. Dat. 1, 2: succedere, id. ib. 6, 1: cui ut omnia [[prospere]] evenirent, Liv. 23, 27, 12: cadere, Tac. A. 2, 46.— Comp.: aves quae prosperius evolant, [[with]] [[better]] [[augury]], Gell. 6, 6, 8: res eventura prosperius, id. 1, 13, 1; Col. 4, 32, 1.—Sup.: prosperrĭme geruntur omnia. Vell. 2, 97, 1: dimicare, Suet. Caes. 36.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> prospĕ-rĭter, favorably, [[fortunately]], Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.