prŏpĭtĭo Copy link Outline I. to render favorable, to appease, propitiate ...II. Transf., to atone for ⓘprŏpĭtiāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprŏpĭtiātē: adverbial • prŏpĭtĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (prōpĭtĭo, Ven. Fort. S. M. 4, 163; Prud. στεφ. 3, 211), v. a. [id.], I. to render favorable, to appease, propitiate (ante-class. and post-Aug.; cf. placo), Pac. ap. Non. 111, 20: 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.— II. Transf., to atone for: de propitiato peccato, Vulg. Ecclus. 5, 5.
prŏpĭtĭō Copy link Outline 1 rendre propice, favorable, fléchir par un sacrifice, offrir un sacrifice expiatoire à ...2 (pass.) être apaisé, pardonner à : || être pardonné (chose) : . ... ⓘprŏpĭtiāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprŏpĭtiātē: adverbial • prŏpĭtĭō, āvī, ātum, āre (propitius), tr. 1. rendre propice, favorable, fléchir par un sacrifice, offrir un sacrifice expiatoire à : Pl. Pœn. 333 ; Curt. 4, 13, 15 ; Sen. Ep. 95, 50 ; Suet. Oth. 7 ; Tac. D. 9 2. (pass.) être apaisé, pardonner à : Vulg. Psalm. 24, 11 || être pardonné (chose) : Vulg. Eccli. 5, 5.
PRŎPĬTĬO Copy link ⓘprŏpĭtiāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprŏpĭtiātē: adverbial PRŎPĬTĬO ↗Open in new tab (propitio)
propitiate Copy link Outline 1. plāco, 12. prŏpĭtio, 1 (to render gracious; whereas placo is rather to allay anger3. pĭo, expĭo, 1 (more freq., to atone for, expiate guilt)4. līto, 1 (to offer propitiatory sacrifices; with dat. • propitiate: 1. plāco, 1: to p. the power of the gods, numen deorum p., Caes. B. G. 6, 16: also, placare [donis] iram deorum, Vet. Lex in Cic. Leg. 2, 9, fin. 2. prŏpĭtio, 1 (to render gracious; whereas placo is rather to allay anger: not in the best authors): to p. by every kind of atonement, per omnia piaculorum genera p., Suet. Oth. 7: Tac. 3. pĭo, expĭo, 1 (more freq., to atone for, expiate guilt): to p. the manes of the dead, manes mortuorum expiare, Cic. in Pis. 7, 16: Virg. (ossa piare): Hor. (Sometimes lenire or mitigare [iram deorum] may serve: v. to pacify, assuage.) 4. līto, 1 (to offer propitiatory sacrifices; with dat.: rare in this use): Cic. Fl. 38, 96: Macr. S. S. 1, 7, init. (absol.).
PROPITIATE Copy link • PROPITIATEplacare aliquem or alicujus animum offensum; mitigare, lenire aliquem or alicujus animum (Ov.); propitiare (Plaut., Tac.).