procus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.kus] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *prokos, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). ==== Noun ==== procus m (genitive procī); second declension wooer, suitor ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. Alternative genitive plural procum, with the short genitive plural ending -um. ===== Derived terms ===== procō ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: proco → Portuguese: proco ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== procer (collateral) ==== Noun ==== procus m (genitive procī); second declension alternative form of procer ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === 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