Middle English Dictionary Entry
propiciǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | propiciǒus adj. Also propicius. |
| Etymology | AF propicïos, propicïus & L propitius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Inclined to grant favor, generous; disposed to grant pardon or forgiveness.
Associated quotations
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)577 : For-peue þi neybouris..If þou wilt þat God ouir þi defautes alle Be propicius.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)332 : Blyssyd virgyne..To them in erthe that the serue and loue Be euere propycyous.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4277 : Wyl þou not..þe youth appryse Of my body so, o prefect vycyous, Þat þou do suppose þat I in ony guyse Desyr þe to me to be propycyous.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)13 : This man was so good and so propicius to þe cherch þat seynt ambrose bischop of melan wrote on to him a grete book of þe feith of our lord ihesu.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.307 : The goddis..shul be more propicyous.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)75/11 : Þe membris of his body be-gan to fayle, and nature, whech is propicius to helth, had withdrawe sum-what hir fauour.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)13.169 (v.1:p.142) : The puplican .. smett hymself on his brest and seid, 'God be propicious to me, for I am a synner.'