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Meaning of procus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈprɔ.kʊs]

Definitions

  1. wooer, suitor
  2. Equivalent to 'Suitor': One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

Equivalents

Examples

“… Rūrsusne procōs inrīsa priōrēs / experiar, Nomadumque petam cōnūbia supplex, / quōs ego sim totiēns iam dēdignāta marītōs?”

“Should I be laughed at for trying those former suitors yet again, and plead a Numidian marriage [as a humble] suppliant to those whom I have disdained now many times before [as prospective] husbands?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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