LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

apparō

apparō (present infinitive apparāre, perfect active apparāvī, supine apparātum)
Classical[ˈap.pa.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈap.pa.ro]

Meaning

  1. to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize
    CHREMĒS: Domum modo ībō, ut appārentur dīcam; atque hūc renūntiō.CHREMES: I’ll just go home now, so that I can tell them to be making preparations [for the wedding]; and then I’ll report back here.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 594
  2. with dativeto provide or equip in addition to

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.apparōapparābamapparābōapparāvīapparāveramapparāverō
apparārō
2nd sg.apparāsapparābāsapparābisapparāvistī
apparāstī		apparāverās
apparārās		apparāveris
3rd sg.apparatapparābatapparābitapparāvitapparāverat
apparārat		apparāverit
apparārit
1st pl.apparāmusapparābāmusapparābimusapparāvimusapparāverāmusapparāverimus
apparārimus
2nd pl.apparātisapparābātisapparābitisapparāvistis
apparāstis		apparāverātis
apparārātis		apparāveritis
apparāritis
3rd pl.apparantapparābantapparābuntapparāvērunt
apparāvēre, apparārunt		apparāverant
apparārant		apparāverint
apparārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.apparemapparāremapparāverim
apparārim		apparāvissem
apparāssem
2nd sg.apparēsapparārēsapparāverīsapparāvissēs
apparāssēs
3rd sg.apparetapparāretapparāverit
apparārit		apparāvisset
apparāsset
1st pl.apparēmusapparārēmusapparāverīmus
apparārīmus		apparāvissēmus
apparāssēmus
2nd pl.apparētisapparārētisapparāverītis
apparārītis		apparāvissētis
apparāssētis
3rd pl.apparentapparārentapparāverint
apparārint		apparāvissent
apparāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.apparorapparābarapparābor
2nd sg.apparāris
apparāre		apparābāris
apparābāre		apparāberis
apparābere
3rd sg.apparāturapparābāturapparābitur
1st pl.apparāmurapparābāmurapparābimur
2nd pl.apparāminīapparābāminīapparābiminī
3rd pl.apparanturapparābanturapparābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.apparerapparārer
2nd sg.apparēris
apparēre		apparārēris
apparārēre
3rd sg.apparēturapparārētur
1st pl.apparēmurapparārēmur
2nd pl.apparēminīapparārēminī
3rd pl.apparenturapparārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.apparāapparāre
pres. 2nd pl.apparāteapparāminī
fut. 2nd sg.apparātōapparātor
fut. 3rd sg.apparātōapparātor
fut. 2nd pl.apparātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.apparantōapparantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveapparāreapparārī
apparārier
perfect infinitiveapparāvisse
apparāsse		apparātum esse
future infinitiveapparātūrum esseapparātum īrī
present participleapparāns—
perfect participle—apparātus
future participleapparātūrus
apparātūra, apparātūrā, apparātūrae, apparātūram, apparātūrārum, apparātūrās, apparātūre, apparātūrī, apparātūrīs, apparātūrō, apparātūrōrum, apparātūrōs, apparātūrum		apparandus
apparanda, apparandā, apparandae, apparandam, apparandārum, apparandās, apparande, apparandīs, apparandōrum, apparandōs
gerundapparandī, apparandō, apparandumsupineapparātum, apparātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ludos apparare
to institute games.
apparatus (rare in plur.) belli
preparations for war; war-material.
convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
to prepare, give a feast, dinner.
accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
to entertain, regale a person.

ap-păro (adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Bait.; app-, Lachm., Kayser, Weissenb., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to prepare or make ready for something (esp. with effort, care, expense), to put in order, provide, furnish, equip, etc. (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.: alicui prandium adparare, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 61: cenam adparare, Ter Heaut. 1, 1, 74: convivium, id. Ad. 5, 9, 8: ornare et apparare convivium, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; * Hor. Epod. 2, 48; Suet. Claud. 33; cf. id. Caes. 26: nuptias, Ter. And. 3, 2, 34; so id. Phorm. 4, 4, 20: bellum apparare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: ludos magnificentissimos, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8 (cf. apparatus, II. B.): iter ad caedem faciendam, id. Mil. 10, 28: aggerem, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: bellum armaque vi summā, Liv. 4, 1; 6, 21.—With ad: ad hostes bellum apparatur, Liv. 7, 7.— With in: in Sestium adparabantur crimina, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—
II. Trop.: nunc hoc consilium capio et hanc fabricam adparo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 139: ut tibi auxilium adparetur, id. Ep 3, 2, 18.—Constr. with inf. as object: delinire adparas, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 28: meam exscindere gentem apparat, Stat. Th. 4, 670: traicere ex Siciliā, Suet. Aug. 47.—Absol. (cf Ruhnk. Dict. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 19; Corte ad Sall. C. 6, 5, Bremi ad Nep. Thras. 2, 2): dum adparatur, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35: cum in apparando esset occupatus, Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—With ut: ut eriperes, adparabas, Plaut. Aul. 5, 18.—Se apparare with inf. in Plaut.: qui sese parere adparent legibus, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11.—Hence, appărā-tus (adp-), a, um, P. a., pr. prepared; hence,
A. Of persons, prepared, ready: adparatus sum, ut videtis, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10: adparatus et meditatus ad causam accedo, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12.—
B. Of things, well supplied, furnished with every thing: domus omnibus instructior rebus et apparatior, Cic. Inv. 1, 34.—Hence, magnificent, splendid, sumptuous (cf. apparatus, II. B.): ludi apparatissimi et magnificentissimi, Cic. Sest. 54: apparatis accipere epulis, Liv. 23, 4 Drak.: apparatissimae epulae, Sen. Ep. 83: apparatissimum funus, Suet. Ner. 9: munus apparatissimum largissimumque, id. Tit. 7.—Trop., of discourse, too studied, far-felched, labored: ut non apparata oratio esse videatur, Auct. ad Her. 1, 7; so, verba apparata, id. ib. (cf. apparatio).— Adv.: appărātē (adp-), sumptuously: et edit et bibit opipare sane et adparate, Cic. Att. 13, 52: ludi Romani scaenici eo anno magnifice apparateque facti (sunt), Liv. 31, 4.—Comp.: Potes apparatius cenare apud multos; nusquam hilarius, Plin. Ep. 1, 15.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinapparō

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Latin *paro- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parō Latin apparō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + parō (“prepare, provide”).

Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianapăra
  • Romanianapărare
  • Aromanianapãr
  • Aromanianapãrari
Borrowings
  • Portugueseaparar
  • Spanishaparar
Italo-Romance
  • Italianapparare
  • Sicilianapparari
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*appariculāre

In English words that came into English from apparō

  • apparatusapparātus

Quick answers

What does apparō mean in Latin?
apparō, a verb, means “to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize; to provide or equip in addition to”.
What are the principal parts of apparō?
apparō, apparāre, apparāvī, apparātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce apparō?
In classical Latin, [ˈap.pa.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈap.pa.ro].
Where does apparō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin apparō.