- propitio
- prŏpĭtĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (prōpĭtĭo, Ven. Fort. S. M. 4, 163; Prud. steph. 3, 211), v. a. [id.], to render favorable, to appease, propitiate (ante-class. and post-Aug.; cf. placo), Pac. ap. Non. 111, 20:II.
Venerem,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 120: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.—Transf., to atone for:de propitiato peccato,
Vulg. Ecclus. 5, 5.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.