procus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kus/, [ˈprɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kus/, [ˈprɔːkus]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *prokos, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”).

Noun

procus m (genitive procī); second declension

1. wooer, suitor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	procus	procī
Genitive	procī	procōrum
Dative	procō	procīs
Accusative	procum	procōs
Ablative	procō	procīs
Vocative	proce	procī

Alternative genitive plural procum, with the short genitive plural ending -um.

Derived terms

• procō

Descendants

• Portuguese: proco

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• procer (collateral)

Noun

procus m (genitive procī); second declension

1. Alternative form of procer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	procus	procī
Genitive	procī	procōrum
Dative	procō	procīs
Accusative	procum	procōs
Ablative	procō	procīs
Vocative	proce	procī

References

• “procus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• corpus, porcus, spurcō