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propera

propera is a Latin form of propero, meaning “hurry”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of properus, “quick, hasty; (propere) quickly”.

Found 70 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 15.14.4: … nta clarum tuum adventum fore intellego; sed si quae sunt onera tuorum, si tanta sunt ut ea sustinere possis, propera; nihil tibi erit lautius, nihil gloriosus; sin maiora, considera ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuu …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 4.32.3: Propera ergo, Lucili carissime, et cogita quantum additurus celeritati fueris, si a tergo hostis instaret, si equitem …

Plautus, Pseudolus 1.2.161: tíbi hoc praecipio ut níteant aedes. hábes quod facias: própera, abi intro.

All forms of propero (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.