pareo

pārĕo ( parrĕo ), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [ intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.

I.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,

Suet. Aug. 95:

quoties paruit Hermogenes,

Mart. 12, 29, 18:

haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 76:

quae si parent simul,

Quint. 1, 12, 4:

caeli cui sidera parent,

are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.:

parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,

Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.— Impers.:

paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,

Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.—

II.

In partic.

A.

To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere):

magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,

Gell. 10, 3, 19:

ad memoriam,

Spart. Pesc. 7.—

2.

Transf.

a.

To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire,

Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.):

hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati,

id. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc.,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 2:

(noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 163:

legibus,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

religionibus,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 8:

imperio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

populo patiente atque parente,

Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

alicujus imperiis,

Juv. 14, 331.— Impers. pass.:

dicto paretur,

Liv. 9, 32:

remissius imperanti melius paretur,

Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1:

ut arbitri sententiae pareatur,

Dig. 4, 8, 23:

si paritum fuerit condicioni,

ib. 40, 4, 12.— Poet., with respective acc.:

non adeo parebimus omnia matri,

Stat. Ach. 1, 660. —Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates,

Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.—

b.

To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to:

nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 81:

oppidum, quod regi paret,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145:

negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,

Just. 1, 3, 3:

quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,

Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.—

c.

To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to:

necessitati,

Cic. Or. 60, 202:

et tempori et voluntati,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

cupiditatibus,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 53:

dolori et iracundiae,

id. Att. 2, 21, 4:

extremo furori,

Val. Fl. 7, 154.—

d.

To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay:

promissis,

Ov. F. 5, 504:

pensionibus,

Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.— —

B.

Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.):

quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.:

si paret adversum edictum fecisse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.:

paritum est,

Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient:

parentiores exercitus,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).—

II.

Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject:

parentes abunde habemus,

Sall. J. 102, 7:

vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 2:

ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,

Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).