prō

prō praep. with abl. Source etymology: PRO- .—Of place, before, in front of, in face of : sedens pro aede Castoris: pro castris dimicare, Cs.: castra pro moenibus locata, L.: pro castris suas copias produxit, before the camp , Cs.: pro tectis aedificiorum, from the roofs , S.—Of conspicuous appearance or publicity, before, in the presence of, on, in, in front of : hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā, coming forward on the tribune , Cs.: me significasse . . . idque pro tribunali, in open court : laudatus pro contione Iugurtha, before the assembled army , S.: pro contione litteras recitare, to the assembly , Cu.: uti pro consilio imperatum erat, in the council , S.: pro collegio pronuntiare, L.—Of defence or protection, for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, in the service of, on the side of : contra omnia dici et pro omnibus: hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius: haec contra legem proque lege dicta, L.: labores dolorem pro patriā suscipere: pro patriā mori, H.: urbes pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae, S.: et locus pro vobis et nox erit, L.—Of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for : ego pro te molam, T.: saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus: pro bene sano fictum vocamus, H.—Esp., in titles: pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens, vice-consul : pro consulibus alqm mittere, non pro consule, instead of the consuls, not as proconsul : cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem: pro magistro: ut, qui pro dictatore fuisset, dictator crederetur, L.—Of compensation, for, in exchange for, in return for : pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam, T.: dimidium eius quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum: id pro immolatis Romanis poenae hostibus redditum, L.: dedit pro corpore nummos, as a ransom , H.—Of equivalence, for, the same as, just as, as : hunc amavi pro meo, as my own , T.: qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus, of as much weight with me : quos pro nihilo putavit: pro occiso relictus, for dead : cum pro damnato esset, as good as condemned : neque recte neque pro bono facere (i. e. ita, ut pro bono habeatur), S.: pro vano nuntius audiri, as a boaster , L.—Esp., in phrases. —Pro eo, as an equivalent, just the same : sin minus, pro eo tamen id habeamus.—Pro eo atque, just the same as, even as : pro eo ac mereor, just as I deserve : pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty . —Pro eo quod, for the reason that, because : pro eo quod eius nomen erat magnā apud omnīs gloriā. —Of relation or proportion, for, in proportion, in comparison with, in accordance with, according to, conformably to, by virtue of : pro multitudine hominum angusti fines, Cs.: exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit, S.: agere pro viribus: quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat, in consideration of , L.: illum submovere pro imperio more maiorum, summarily , L.: satis pro imperio, dictatorially enough , T.: pro tuā prudentiā: pro tempore et pro re, according to time and circumstances , Cs.: pro facultatibus, N.—In phrases, with parte : quibus aliquid opis fortasse, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset, each according to his own measure of influence : pro meā tenui parte id defendere, to the best of my poor ability : pro virili parte, manfully : rerum gestarum memoriae pro virili parte consuluisse, i. e. to have done my share towards preserving , L.: beneficio plus quam pro virili parte obligatus, i. e. under more than personal obligations . —For pro ratā parte, see ratus.—With eo : pro magnitudine iniuriae, proque eo quod res p. temptatur, vindicare, as required by the fact that , etc.: pro antiquitate generis sui, pro eo, quod, etc., in view of the fact : ea pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda, according to the weight of each .—Pro se quisque, each for himself, each in his measure, individually : pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cum pro se quisque operam navare cuperet, Cs.: pro se quisque viri nituntur, V.