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propitio

propitio, to appease, propitiate

prŏpĭtĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (prōpĭtĭo, Ven. Fort. S. M. 4, 163; Prud. στεφ. 3, 211), v. a. [propitius],
  • to render favorable, to appease, propitiate (ante-class. and post-Aug.; cf. placo), Pac. ap. Non. 111, 20: Venerem, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 120 (329): manes Galbae, Suet. Oth. 7: Jovem, Curt. 4, 13, 15; 4, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 95, 50; Val. Max. 1, 1, 1: propitiata Juno per matronas, Tac. A. 15, 44: numina, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135: suum genium, Tac. Or. 9.—Pass., to be propitious: propitietur vobis Dominus, Vulg. Lev. 23, 28.—
  • II Transf., to atone for: de propitiato peccato, Vulg. Ecclus. 5, 5.

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