PRO 
PRO 
PRO 
Cic Procerior.- H Also, high, tall. 
Virg. Procera alnus. Sueton. statura. 
Tacit. Procerus liabitu. Cic. Proce- 
rissima populus. Catull. palm®, h. e. 
lifted_ up. 
PRoCeSSIS (procedo), onis, f. a going 
1 forth, going out, advancing, proceeding, 
going away, marching away. Cic. 
PRoCeSSOS (Id.), us, m. a progress, 
2 course. Cic. — Hence, good progress, 
advance, growth, increase. Cic. Tantos 
processus efficiebat. — Hence, success, 
good fortune. Hirt., Ovid., and Scnec. 
-- IT Also, a running forward, a project¬ 
ing, a process. Cels. -AT Also, a pass¬ 
ing by. Prudent, dierum. 
PRoCeSSOS, a, um. See Procedo. 
PR0CTI6S XGRI8S (up6 X «S ayptos), a 
kind of herb, same as Saxifraga, saxi¬ 
frage. ..dp til. 
PRSOHyTX, ®, and PRSCIIyTe (II/jo- 
Xvrq), es, f. an island near Campania, 
new Procita. 
PRoCIDeNTI a. (procido), ®, f. the falling 
2 down of a thing out of its place; proci- 
dence, nponrcoais. Plin. Procidentia 
oculi. 
PRoCIDS (pro & cado), is, Idi, n. 3. to 
2 fall before itself, to fall down fiat,, fall 
prostrate, nponinroj. Ilorat. ad pedes. 
Liv. Pars muri prociderat.-IT Also, 
to fall forward, as, when a member or 
part of the body falls out of its place. 
Cels. Oculi procidunt. Plin. Prociden¬ 
tia (plur.) sedis vulv®que. 
PRoCIDOOS (procido), a, um, adj. that 
^ falls or has fallen down, upbimOTOs. 
Plin. - IT Also, that has fallen forth 
or projects. Plin. sedes, h. e. anus. 
PRoCIES (pro & cieo), es, ivi, Itum, a. 2. 
3 to demand, call forth. Liv. Andr. ap. 
Fest.. 
PRoCINCTOaLIS (procinctus), e, adj. 
3 belonging to the marching of an army. 
Cassiod. 
PRoCTNCTfiS, a, um. See Procingo. 
PRoCINCTOS (procingo), us, m. o’ gird¬ 
ing. — Hence, a preparing for fightincr. 
Hence, the point of joining battle. Also," 
readiness for action. Plin. In procinc- 
tu, li. e. ready for action, about to join bat¬ 
tle. Tacit. In procinctu et castris habi- 
ti, li. e. in practice of fighting, in actual 
service, on military duty. Ovid. Carmina 
in procinctu facta, h. e. in arms, in readi¬ 
ness to fight. Plin. Tendere ad procinc- 
tum, h. c. to go into battle. Cic. Testa- 
mentum in procinctu facere, h. c. to make 
a will when one is just about to go into bat¬ 
tle. Hence, in general, Scnec. In pro¬ 
cinctu, h. e. in readiness. 
PRoCINGS (pro & cingo), is, nxi, nctum, 
3 a. 3. to gird, arm, prepare. Hence, Pro¬ 
cinctus, a, um, girded, prepared, ready 
to engage. Fab. Piet. ap. Oell. classis, 
h. e. exercitus. Justinian. Testamen- 
tum procinctum,/or in procinctu. 
PRoCLaMATI 8 (proclamo), onis, f. a 
3 crying out, calling out, dva/36qcrig, dua- 
ybpevaii. Quintil. Totus in lacrymas 
moeroremrpie resolutus, &c. in omni 
proclamatione gemituque frater. Pan¬ 
dect. in libertatem, h. e. when one calls 
upon a judge to assert his liberty. 
PRoCLaMaT 5R (Id.), oris, m.-a bawler, 
1 vociferator, crier, /36y;, dvaKqpvTTOU'. 
Thus Cicero calls a bad advocate. 
PRoCLaMS (pro&clamo), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to cry out, exclaim, vociferate, pro¬ 
claim, ai/a/3oda). Cic. Adsunt, defen 
dunt, proclamant, &x. Liv. pro aliquo, 
h. e. to cry out, bawl, contemptuously of 
an advocate, for to defend. Pandect, ad, 
or in libertatem, h. e. to call upon a judge 
to assert one’s liberty. 
PR5CL!NaTI 5 (proclino), onis, f. abend- 
3 trig or leaning forward, a declivity, slope, 
tjK/cAnnj. Vitruv. 
PRoCLINS (pro &. clino), as, avi, atum, 
a - 1. to incline or bend forwards, or, in 
general, to incline or bend, eynXivio, 
sarauXii/w. Ovid, mare in lltora. — 
Hence, Proclinari, to incline forivards, 
or, in general, to incline or have an incli¬ 
nation to a place, to slope. Colum. in 
partem aliquatn. Vitruv. Proclinata 
ad mare, li. e. inclining, sloping down .— 
I' igur. Cces. ap. Cic. Res proclinata, h. e. 
an affair that is near its issue. Cces. Ad- 
juvare rem proclinatam, h. e. to promote 
a cau sc that is bad enough and needs no 
aid, to foment the quarrel, increase the in¬ 
clination to rebellion, &c. 
PROCLIVIS (pro & clivus), e, adj. slo¬ 
ping, steep, going downwards or down¬ 
hill, £7r(0opos, eynXivrn, Kardvryi. Liv. 
via. Also, Proclive, subst. Liv. Per 
proclive, h. e. downhill, downwards. So, 
also, Colum. Per proclivia. Hirt. In 
proclive. Also, Proclive, ado. downhill, 
downwards. Cic. labi.-IT Also, figur. 
going downhill. Apul. Proclivis senecta, 
h. e. drawing near to death. -IT Also, 
inclined or disposed to any thing, prone, 
having a propensity to, liable, subject, and, 
sometimes, ready, wilting. Cic. Ad 
morbum proclivior, li. c. liable to, disposed 
to, easily falling into. id. ad comita- 
tem. Also, witli a dat. following. Sil. 
Egestas proclivis sceleri. Also, with 
circa following. Quintil. Judex erit 
circa modestiam juris probatione pro¬ 
clivior. - IT Also, easy. Cic. Pro¬ 
clivia. id. Proclivia dictu. Terent. 
Esse in proclivi, h. e. to be easy. 
PRoCLIVTTaS (proclivis), atis, f. a de¬ 
scent, declivity, steep, eirippencia. Auct. 
B. Afric. -- IT Also, proneness, propen¬ 
sity, inclination, disposition. Cic. 
PRoCl.TVIT eR (Id.), adv. easily, readily, 
ev c/irmurcoj. Oell. Facile et proclivi- 
ter persuasit. Cic. Proclivius. 
PRoCLIVrUM (Id.), ii, n. a declivity, 
3 steepness. Fronlin. 
PROCLTVOS, a, um, adj. same as Procli¬ 
vis. Lucret. and Varr. 
PRoCLuDS (pro & claudo), is, a. 3. to 
3 shut up. Pallad. 
PRQCNe, or PR5GNR, es, f. a daughter of 
Pandion, king of Athens, sister of Philo¬ 
mela, and wife of Tereus, king of Thrace. 
She was changed into a swallow, after 'Pe¬ 
reas had dishonored Philomela. -IT Al¬ 
so, a swaUbw. Virir. and Ovid. 
PR5C8 (unc.), as, a. 1. and PR8C8R, 
aris, dep. 1. to aslc, demand. Cic. and 
Varr. 
PRSCCEToN (irpoKOiTwv),bu\s, m. an ante- 
2 room, antechamber to a bedroom. Plin. Ep. 
PR8C5MI8N (irpoKt>iuov), ii, n. the hair on 
3 the fore part of the head. Veget. 
PRoCoNSOL (pro & consul), is, m. in 
the time of the republic, one who, after the 
expiration of his consulship at Rome (and 
sometimes without having been consul), was 
gover nor of a province where there was an 
army (which he commanded), or who ( witli- 
oiit a province ) commanded an army, a 
proconsul. Cic. He had legati as assist¬ 
ants. Since he performed the duties of 
a consul, as well as of a prietor, pro- 
consul is frequently used for proprie¬ 
tor, if the latter commanded an army. 
Liv. -IT Under the emperors, as, un¬ 
der Augustus, who shared the prov¬ 
inces with the senate, the governors of 
the provinces of the senate were called 
proconsulcs. Sueton. 
PRoCoNSOLaRIS (pro & consularis), e, 
adj. of or belonging to a proconsul, pro¬ 
consular, dvSmariKtis. Oell. imperi- 
um. Tacit, vir, or, simply, Id. Procon¬ 
sular®, h. e. a proconsul. Liv. imago, 
h. e. tribunatus militum (because it was 
in the room of the consulate). 
PRoCoNSOLaTOS (proconsul), us, m. 
the office or dignity of a proconsul; a pro¬ 
consulship, di/^mrarda. Tacit. — Also, 
a proprietorship. Suet. 
PR5C8R, aris. See Proco. 
PRoCRaSTINaTIS (procrastino), onis, 
f. a delaying or putting off to the morrow, 
or from one morning to another, from day 
to day, procrastination, dvaftoXy. Cic. 
PRoCRASTINB (pro & crastinus), as, 
avi, atum, n. 1. to put off to the morrow, 
or from one morning to another, from day 
to day, defer, delay, procrastinate, ava- 
0aXXopai. Cic. 
PRoCRaXe (from npd^ co), for Procraxisse, 
3 h. c. clamasse. Lucret. 
PROCRKaTIS (procreo), onis, f. a produ¬ 
cing, begetting, procreation, generation, 
iraofonoiia. Cic. liberorum. 
PRoCRBaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a procrea¬ 
tor, creator, author, yevyrijp. Cic. mun- 
di. — Hence, a father. Cic. Procreato- 
res, h. e. parents. 
PRoCREaTRIX (procreator), Ids, f. she 
that brings forth, a mother, naiiordnos. 
Cic. artium. 
PR0CRE8 (pro & creo), as, avi, atum, a. 
703 
I. to beget, generate, procreate, propagate ,^ 
engender, produce, bring forth, yivvaoi. 
Cic. fetus. Jifepos. liberos ex tribua 
uxoribus. Ovid, de aliqua.-li Al¬ 
so, to produce, make, cause. Lucret. and 
Cic. 
PRoCReSCS (pro & cresco), is, n. 3. to 
3 grow up, come forth, spring up, be pro¬ 
duced, av£dvio. Lucret. - IT Al¬ 
so, to continue to grow, grow larger. Lu¬ 
cret. 
PR8CRTS (Ilpdxpij), is and idis, f. a 
daughter of Ercchtheus, the wife of Ccpha- 
lus. She followed him into a wood in or¬ 
der to watch him; bat. he, supposing her 
to be a wild beast, shot her. Odd. 
PRSCRuSTeS (II pospovarrjs), ®, m. a 
highwayman of Attica, who laid people on 
a bed , and when their length exceeded that 
of the led, he used to cut it off; but if they 
were shorter, lie had them stretched to make 
their length equal to it. lie was killed In 
Thesrus. 
PR5C0B8 (pro & cubo), as, ui, ttum, n. 
3 1. to lie , lie along. Virg. l’rocubat umbra. 
PRoCuHS (pro & e.udo), is, di, sum, a. 3. 
to forge, hammer, prepare by forging, 
kotttoi, KaraKbiTToi. Horut. enses. Virg. 
deutem vomeris. Figur. Cic. inguam, 
h. c. to form. — Also, figur. to forge or 
to produce. Plant, dolos. Lucret. ig- 
nes. Horat. Art. 59. e lect. Bentl. mini¬ 
mum, li. e. to coin. 
PR8C0L (from procello), adv. at a dis¬ 
tance, whether far or near; far, far off, 
from a distance, aloof, a great way off; at 
some distance, noppio, ano-dev. Cic. 
Non procul, sed hie. Cats. Procul tela 
conjicere. Cic. attendere. Virg. Pro- 
cul este, h. c. remove, stand aloof. Id. 
Serta procul jacebant, h. e. at some dis¬ 
tance. Id. Procul dependet galea, h. e 
at some distance. Also, with an ablat. 
with or without a. Cic. Procul a con- 
spectu. Liv. Procul mari. -IT Fig¬ 
ur. far, &c. and sometimes without 
Sallust. Homines procul errant, h. e. 
err very much. Liv. Procul dubio, li. e. 
without doubt, doubtless, indubitably. Co¬ 
lum. Procul vero est, h. e. is not true, 
far from the truth -Also, of value and 
of time. Plin. Ails procul aCorinthio, 
h. e. is much inferior to. Slat. Durabis- 
ne procul ? h. e. long. 
PRoCuLCaTIS (proculco), onis, f. a 
2 treading down. Plin. — Figur. Senec. 
regni. 
PRoC0LCaT 8R (Id.), oris, m. one who 
3 treads before. — Proculcatores, in an 
army, scouts or advanced guards. Am- 
mian. 
PRoCuLCS (pro & calco), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to tread down, trample upon, Karaira- 
reco. Ovid, segetes. — Proculcatus, a, 
um, trodden down. Tacit, senatus. 
Sueton. Proculcata respublica, h. e. 
trampled upon. — Figur. low, common. 
Oell. verba. 
PRSCuLIaNOS, or PR5 CCLeJaN 0S, i, 
m. one of the school or followers of the ju¬ 
rist Proculus. Pandect. 
PR8C0L0S, i, m. a Roman senator who 
gave out that he had seen Romulus as a 
god. Liv. -IT Also, the name of a 
lawyer. Pandect. 
PRoCuMBS (pro & obsol. cumbo), is, 
cubiii, cubitum, n. 3. to fall forward, 
fall down, lay one’s self down, lie down, 
sink, KaroLKCipai, avauiirro), naranXivo- 
pai. Cces. Procumbunt frumenta im- 
bribus. Id. Vulneribus confectum pro- 
cumbere. Quintil. Tecta procumbunt. 
Cats, ad pedes, h. e. to fall at one’s feet , 
prostrate himself before. So, also, Liv 
ad genua alicujus. Virg. in ulva, 
h. c. to lie down. -IT Also, to lean for¬ 
ward upon any thing. Virg. 01 li cer 
tamine procumbunt, sc. in order to row 
- -IT Also, figur. to fall down, go to ru¬ 
in. Ovid. Res procubuere me®. - 
If Also, to throw upon, rush upon, attack, 
assault. Martial, in armos. Figur. 
Tacit, ad infimas obtestationes, h. e. to 
condescend. Senec. in voluptates, h. e. 
to give himself up to. 
PRoCuPIDS (pro & cupido), tnis, m. a 
3 preceding or antecedent desire. Mimic. 
Fel. arnoris, h. e. anteceptus amor. (Al. 
aliter leg.) 
PRoCORaTIS (procuro), onis, f. the ad¬ 
ministration or doing ef a thing, irriTpoirh, 
