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PRO 
with it; as, Liv. Velut si prolapsus ceci- 
• disset, ft. e. as if he had fallen. — Also, 
to fall into. Sueton. in foramen. — 
Hence, to err, make a mistake, fail. Lie. 
cupiditate. — Also, to full > sink 5 decline, 
,ro to ruin. Tacit. Studio magnificent!* 
prolabebantur. Liv. l’rolapsa discipli- 
na. Cic. juventus. Virg. Pergama. 
PRoLaTSTB (prolabor), onis, f. a slipping, 
l dAorS -runs. Co. - IT Also, a fall, 
TrooTTraiais. Sueton. 
PROLAPSES, a, um. See Prolahor. 
PRSLaTaTIB (prolate), onis, f. a delay 
or putting off, dydjJkqaii. Tacit. Hist.- 
3, 82. (But Ed. Era. reads prolatio- 
nem.j . , • • 
PRoLaTIB (profero), onis, f. a bringing 
forward, relating, mentioning, quoting, 
citing. Cic. — Also, pronunciation, ut¬ 
terance. Liv. nominum. -If Also, 
a putting forward. Hence, an extending 
or enlarging. Liv. finium. -—Also, a 
putting °ojf, delaying, deferring. Cic. 
judicii. Id. rerum, h. c. the suspension 
of public business, holiday-time, vacation- 
time. — Also, a prolonging. Ctc. tem- 
porum. 
PRoLaTB (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 enlarge, extend, lengthen, prolong, am¬ 
plify, dilate, rrapcKTcivio. Quintil. im- 
perium. Lucret. effugium. Tacit, vi- 
tam, h. e. to prolong one’s life, continue to 
live. - IT Also, to defer, put off, delay, 
protract. Cic. Prolatando. Tacit, di¬ 
em ex die. Sallust, consultationes. 
Liv. comitia. 
PRoLaTuS (Id.), us, m. same as Prola- 
3 t.io. Tertull. 
PRoLeCTIBIUS (prolicio), e, adj. allur- 
3 intr. Sidon. 
PRo’LeCTS (frequentat. of prolicio), as, 
3 avi, atum, a. I. to entice or allure forth. 
Apul. -II Also, to allure, entice, in- 
cAte , amuse, delight , decoy. Cic. and 
Ooid. -IT Also, to make sport of one, 
mock at; or, to provoke. Plaut. aliquem 
probris. 
PR 8 LEPSIS (irpoAp^ij), is, f anticipation, 
2 a figure of speech; as, for example, when, 
in narrations, a name is applied to a thing 
before it actually had this name. 
PROLES (pro & oleo, olesco), is, f. that 
1 which grows forth or has grown. Hence, 
of men, an offspring, child, children ; 
errandson, descendant, posterity, race, 
family. Virg. Proles postuma, h. e. 
child. Oind.^geme.Ua, h. e. twins. Id. 
Apollinea, h. e. JEsculapius. Id. La- 
toia, ft. e. Apollo and Diana. Virg. al¬ 
tera Saturni, ft. e. Juno. Tibull. Bac- 
chi, ft. e. Priapus. Lucret. Prolem pro- 
pagando procudere, ft. e. to beget chil¬ 
dren. Cic. e poeta. ferrea, ft. e. race. 
Plin. Tuscorum, ft. e. descendants. Cic. 
e legg. xii. tab. equitum, ft. e. youth, 
young men. Liv. Ausonia, ft. c. posteri¬ 
ty. -f— IT Also, of animals, race, stock. 
Acc. Virg. and Colum. -- II Also, of 
plants, trees, &c. Virg. olivs, ft. e. the 
fruit or berries. The plural occurs in 
Colum. -IT Also, the testicles. Arnob. 
PROLETARIES (proles), a, um, adj. con- 
3 corned with children. Proletary the pour 
inhabitants of Rome, who, according to 
Liny, had less than eleven thousand asses, I 
and could serve the state, not with money, 
but with their children. Oell. — Hence, 
Peoletarius, a, um, low, common, vulgar. 
Plaut. sermo. 
PROLEVS (pro & levo), as, a. 1. to draw 
3 forth, lift up, raise up. Tertull. 
PR0LIB8 (pro & libo), as, a. 1. to sacri- 
2 fi.ee, offer. Plin. 
PROLICES, for Proliqueo (pro & liqueo), 
3 es, cui, n. 2. to run or flow forth. Varr. 
PR0LICI5 (pro & lacio), is, a. 3. to allure 
3 or entice forth ; or, to entice, allure , in¬ 
vite, induce, inayoi. Plaut. and Ovid. 
PROLIQUaTOS (obsol. proliquo), a, um, 
3 adj. made fluid, liquefied. Hence, fluid, 
liquid. Apul. 
PROLIQUEB. See Prolicr.o. o 
PROLIXE (prolixus), adv. largely, freely, 
liberally, ahmidautbi. copiously, cKrevibi. 
Cic. promittere. Id. respondere. Te- 
rent. Prolixius accipere, A. e. to entertain 
more liberally or splendidly. Apul. Arbor 
prolixe foliata, ft. c. having many leaves. 
_IT Also, kindly, bountifully, willingly. 
Tcrent. Age prolixe. 
PROLIXITaS (Id.), atis, f. length. Apul. 
PRO 
ter ran Symmach. literarum, ft. e. length, I 
; prolixity. 
PROLIXITODO (Id.), inis, f. same as 
3 Prolixitas. Pacuv. 
PR5LIX5 (Id.), as, a. 1 .to lengthen , make 
3 loner. Colum. 
PRoLIXnS (pro & laxus), a, um, adj. 
lung, /xafcpig. Tcrent. capillus. Suc- 
ton . ramus. Pandect, retas. Lucret. 
Non provolat tarn prolixo ictu, h. c. not 
so far. Colam. Prolixior arator. — 
Hence, 'prolix in speaking , verbose. Ma¬ 
cro}). —r Also, copious. Oell. Esse pro¬ 
lixins, h. c. to contain more. -^ Al¬ 
so, disposed to kindness , kind , complai¬ 
sant, good . willing. Cic. natura. Id. 
animifs. Id. Prolixior in Pompeium. 
-IF Also, succeeding, favorable, for¬ 
tunate, happening as one could wish. 
Cic. Cetera spero prolixa esse. Oell. 
Res secundce atque prolix®. 
PR 0 L 0 COT 6 R (proloquor), oris, m. one 
3 that speaks or speaks for any one ; an ora¬ 
tor, advocate. Quintil. decl. 
PR6L5GIUM {7TpoX6yiov), ii, n. apreface, 
3 prolorrite, proem. Pacuv. 
PR6L6G0S ( 7 rpdXoyog), \,m. apreface, 
3 prologue, proem, 7rpo\oyiov, rrpdXoyog. 
Tcrent.. - IF Also, he that speaks a 
prologue. Tcrent. 
PROLONGS (pro & longus), as, a 1. to 
lenathen out, prolong, (IvafSaKbopai. 
Plin. and Scnec. (But better Edd. read 
prorogare.) 
PROLOQUIUM (proloquor), ii, n. aprop- 
3 osition, aphorism, axiom. Varr. and 
Oell. 
PROLOQUOR (pro & loquor), eris, quu- 
tus or cutus sum, dep. 3. to say any 
thing beforehand , to make a prologue. 
Tcrent. Omitto proloqui, ft. e. I will 
make no long prologue, will proceed im¬ 
mediately to the principal subject. - 
IT Also, to speak out, express freely, utter, 
declare, or, simply, to say, -izpoQqpi- Te- 
rent. and Liv. 
PROLOQUuTOR, oris, m. See Prolo¬ 
cutor. 
PR0L0BID5 (pro & lubido), inis, f. same 
3 as Prolubium. Varr. 
PROLOBIUM (pro & lubet), ii, n. caprice, 
3 whim, humor, will, inclination, desire, im- 
Svpia, t rpoSvp'ia. Tcrent. and Oell. 
-if Also, pleasure, delight. Oell. 
PROLuCEB (pro & luceo), es, n. 2. to 
shine forth. Senec. Signa prolncent. 
PR0L0D8 (pro & ludo), is, si, sum, n. 3. 
1 to practise a game beforehand, to make a 
prelude, to make trial beforehand, to essay. 
Figur. Virg. ad pugnam, ft. e. to pre¬ 
pare to firrht. Cic. sententiis. 
PROLOG (pro&luo), is, tii, utum, a. 3. 
to wash, rinse, dnoKkvga). Plaut. cloa- 
cam, for ventrem, ft. e. to drink. - 
IT Also, to wash away. Cats. B.C. 1, 48. 
Ed. Oudend. Tempestas nives proluit. 
Virg. Silvas Eridanus proluit. — Hence, 
figur. to spend, squander. Oell. pecu- 
niam.- - IT Also, to wash forth, throw 
out. Virg. Fluctus proluit genus na- 
tantum. - IT Also, to moisten, wet, 
wash. Ovid, manus in rore. Hence, 
of drinking. Pers. labra fonte, ft. e. to 
drink. Virg. Pleno se proluit auro, ft. e. 
emptied the cup, drank it. - IT Also, to 
make fluid. Colum. ventrem, ft. c. to 
cause diarrhoea. -IT Also, to inundate, 
overflow. Apul. Prolutas esse regiones 
imbribus. 
PROLCiSIB (proludo), onis, f. a prelude, 
flourish, essay, proof, trial, npoyvpvaapa. 
Cic. 
PROLuSORIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. serving 
3 as a trial.. Pandect, judicium, lire, con¬ 
certed clandestinely. 
PRQLOTOS, a, um. See Proluo. 
PROLOVIES (proluo), ei, f-a flood, murv- 
datAon, deluge, KaraKXvcris, brippoia. Cic. 
_IT Also, filth cast forth. Lucret. 
aivi, or, Virg. ventris, ft. e. excrements. 
PROLuVIB (Id.), onis, f. an inundation. 
3 Apul. 
PR0L0V1UM, ii, n. for Prolubium.. Apul. 
Met. 10. p. 249. Ed. Elm. 
PR5LyTA2 ( TTpoXvrai), arum, m . jurists 
3 who had studied law for Jive years, and 
were dismissed by their teachers with credit. 
Justinian . 
PRoMaTeRTERX. (pro & matertera), re, 
3 f. the sister of one’s great grandmother. 
Pandect. 
PRO 
PRoMeRCaLIS (pro & merx), e, adj 
2 that is to be sold, or exposed to sale, tSyio? 
Colum.. res. Suet, vestes. Id. Promer- 
cale divendere, ft. e. to cause to be offered 
for sale. • 
PRoMeRCTUM (pro & merx), ii, n. trade , 
3 traffic, merchandise, anepnibXqats. Pan¬ 
dect. 
PR5MERE5 (pro & mereo), es, ui, itum, 
a. 2. and PRSMERE5R (pro & mereor), 
eris, Itus sum, dep. 2 . to deserve, merit, 
nposaycpai, dpi. Ovid. Promerui 
pcenam. Plaut. Quid mali sum pro- 
meritus? Cic. Levius punitus, quam 
sit ille promeritus. — Hence, Promeri- 
tus, a, um, deserved, merited. Plant. 
malum. — Promeritum, subst. merit, de¬ 
sert, favor, kindness. Cic. it) aliquem. 
Plaut. Male promerita, h.e. ill deserving, 
demerit, bad actions. Auct. B. Afric. Ex 
suo promerito, A. e. guilt. -IT Also, 
to gain. Quintil. favorem. Sueton. 
amorem. - IT Also, to deserve well, 
act meritoriously. Cic. de aliquo. Virg. 
Ego te nunquam negabo promeritam, 
sc. de me. Ooid. Bene promeritas. 
Also, Sueton. aliquem. 
PRoMeRTTUM, i, n. See Promereo. 
PRSMeTHEUS {UpopyOevi), ei and eos, 
m. a son of lapetus, brother of Epim.e- 
theus, and father of Deucalion. Accord¬ 
ing to fable, he formed men from clay, and 
gave them, life by means of .fire brought se¬ 
cretly from heaven, for which he was fast¬ 
ened to Caucasus, where a vulturefedupon 
his entrails, which at last was hilled by Her- 
cules. -IT Poetically for a skilful potter. 
Juvenal. 
PRSMETHeOS (npopfiSeioi), a, um, adj. 
of or pertaining to Prometheus, Prome¬ 
thean. Propert. juga, ft. e. Caucasus. 
PRSMeTHIDeS (JlpopyiJdciris), ffi, m. the 
3 son of Prometheus, h. e. Deucalion. Ovid. 
PRoMICS (pro & mico), as, n. 1. to glim- 
3 mcr forth, come quickly forth. Apul. Pro- 
micant plumulte, h. e. grow forth. Id. 
lacrim®, A. e. burst forth. 
PRoMTNENS (promineo), tis, n. thatpro- 
2 jects, stands or juts out, a prominence. 
Tacit. In prominent! litoris, ft. e. on the 
point of a prominent neck of land. Id. 
Prominentia montium, ft. e. tops, sum¬ 
mits, promontories. 
PRoMINeNTER (prominens), ad v.promi- 
3 nently. Call. Aurel. Prominentius a lec- 
to, ft. e. further from. 
PROMINENTIA (promineo), a;, f. a stand¬ 
'll ing or jutting out, prominence, i^o%fj. 
vltruv. -IT Also, a projecting place, 
a promontory. Solin. 
PRoMINEB (pro & mineo), es, ui, n. 2 
2 to stand or jut out, be prominent, project, 
hang over, Liv. in altum. Ovid. 
in pontum. M.„ Coma in vultus promi- 
net, A. e. hangs over the face, fforat. 
ore. Liv. Collis prominens. — Hence, 
to lean forwards. Cces. -IT Also, to 
extend. Liv. in IE greum usque mare. 
_ Figur. Liv. Gloria in posteritatem 
prominet, ft. e. looks forward to. 
PRoMINB (pro& mino), as, a. 1. to drive, 
3 lead, conduct, ayo>. Apul. 
PR6MIN0L0S (promineo), a, um, adj. 
3 standing or jutting out a little, somewhat 
prominent or projecting. Solin. 
PRoMISCAM (pfomiscus), adv. promiscu- 
3 on sly, in common. Plaut. 
PRoMTSCe (Id.), adv. same as Promiscue. 
3 Oell. 
PRoMISCES (pro & misceo), es, a. 2 . 
same as Permisceo, to mix, mingle- 
JYIacroh. 
PRoMISCOe (promiscuus), adv. in com¬ 
mon, promiscuously, without order or dis¬ 
tinction, indifferently, one with another, at 
random, piydyv, ddi(inpiTois. Cic., Sal¬ 
lust and Liv. 
PRoMTSCOS (promisceo), a, um, adj. 
same as Promiscuus. Oell. 
PROMISCCBS (Id.), a, um, adj. mixed. -- 
2 Hence, in common, of which one partakes 
as well as another. Liv. Comitia piebi 
et patribus promiscua. Id. sacerdotia. 
Also, with an infinit. following. Tacit. 
Muta ista et inanima intercidere ac re- 
parari promiscua sunt, A. e. are destroy¬ 
ed without distinction, and to be built 
ao-ain. Hence, Quintil. nomen, ft. e. 
epiccenum. Liv. In promiscuo esse, 
ft. e. to be in common. -H Also, one 
and the same, between which no difference 
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