From properus + -ō.
properō (present infinitive properāre, perfect active properāvī, supine properātum); first conjugation
- to hasten, quicken or accelerate
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.763–764:
- Nōn ego tē, quamvīs properābis vincere, Caesar,
sī vetet auspicium, signa movēre velim.- I would not want you – although you will hasten to conquer, Caesar – if the auspice forbids [it], to move [your] military standards.
- to hurry, rush
- Synonyms: currō, ruō, trepidō, accurrō, festīnō, prōripiō, prōvolō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
- Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.127:
- longa via est, properā!
- The way is long, you [must] hurry!
(Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it is a living emissary that he is sending back to Rome.)
- to repair, return
Conjugation of properō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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properō
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properās
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properat
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properāmus
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properātis
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properant
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imperfect
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properābam
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properābās
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properābat
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properābāmus
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properābātis
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properābant
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future
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properābō
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properābis
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properābit
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properābimus
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properābitis
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properābunt
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perfect
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properāvī
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properāvistī, properāstī1
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properāvit, properāt1
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properāvimus, properāmus1
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properāvistis, properāstis1
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properāvērunt, properāvēre, properārunt1
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pluperfect
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properāveram, properāram1
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properāverās, properārās1
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properāverat, properārat1
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properāverāmus, properārāmus1
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properāverātis, properārātis1
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properāverant, properārant1
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future perfect
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properāverō, properārō1
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properāveris, properāris1
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properāverit, properārit1
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properāverimus, properārimus1
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properāveritis, properāritis1
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properāverint, properārint1
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passive
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present
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properor
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properāris, properāre
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properātur
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properāmur
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properāminī
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properantur
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imperfect
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properābar
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properābāris, properābāre
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properābātur
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properābāmur
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properābāminī
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properābantur
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future
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properābor
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properāberis, properābere
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properābitur
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properābimur
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properābiminī
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properābuntur
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perfect
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properātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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properātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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properātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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properem
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properēs
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properet
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properēmus
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properētis
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properent
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imperfect
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properārem
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properārēs
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properāret
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properārēmus
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properārētis
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properārent
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perfect
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properāverim, properārim1
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properāverīs, properārīs1
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properāverit, properārit1
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properāverīmus, properārīmus1
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properāverītis, properārītis1
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properāverint, properārint1
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pluperfect
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properāvissem, properāssem1
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properāvissēs, properāssēs1
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properāvisset, properāsset1
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properāvissēmus, properāssēmus1
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properāvissētis, properāssētis1
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properāvissent, properāssent1
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passive
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present
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properer
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properēris, properēre
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properētur
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properēmur
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properēminī
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properentur
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imperfect
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properārer
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properārēris, properārēre
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properārētur
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properārēmur
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properārēminī
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properārentur
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perfect
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properātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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properātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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properā
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—
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—
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properāte
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—
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future
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—
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properātō
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properātō
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—
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properātōte
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properantō
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passive
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present
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—
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properāre
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—
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—
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properāminī
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—
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future
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—
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properātor
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properātor
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—
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—
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properantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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properāre
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properāvisse, properāsse1
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properātūrum esse
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properārī
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properātum esse
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properātum īrī
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participles
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properāns
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—
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properātūrus
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—
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properātus
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properandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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properandī
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properandō
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properandum
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properandō
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properātum
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properātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
- “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci