PRO 
PRO 
PRO 
PRBN8 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to in¬ 
ti dine forwards, to bow. Sidou. 
PRBNCEA (Ilpdvoiu), se, f. providence. 
1 Cic. 
PRoXoMEN (pro & nomen), inis, n. a 
pronoun, dvroivvpia. Varr. 
PRoNoMINaLIS (pronomen), e, adj. of 
3 or belonging to a pronoun. Priscian. 
PR6N6MINaTIB (pro & nominatio), 
2 onis, f. a figure of rhetoric, when another 
word is substituted for a proper name, av- 
rovopaaia. Aiict. ad Hcrenn. African! 
nepos,/<w Gracchus. 
PRoXOBB (pronubus), as, n. 1 .lodothe 
3 office of a brideicoman. Hicron. 
PRoXiJBOS (pro & nubo), a, um, adj. pre- 
3 siding over marriage. Virg. Juno. — 
Also, women are called pronubie, who di¬ 
rected the wedding on the part, of the 
bride, bridewmnen. Varr. - IT Also, 
of or belonging to marriage. Claudian. 
nox, h. e. the marriage-night.. 
PRoNOMERB (pro & numero), as, a. 1. to 
3 count down, reckon. Sidun. 
PRoXuXTI ABILTS, or PRoXuNCIaBI- 
3 LIS (pronuntio, or pronuncio), e, adj. 
that map be pronounced, azoifiavTiKdq, 
pr)~6q. A pul. 
PRoXuXTI aTIB, or PRoNuNCIATIB 
(Id.), onis, f. a publication, proclamation, 
public intimation, declaration, SKij>u>vri<nq, 
dzayytXia, vzdupiaq. Cats. -IT Al¬ 
so, the sentence of a judge. Cic. - 
IT Also, a crying out, a proclamation of 
the public crier. Val. Max. -IT Also, 
an expression, word. Valer. Max. — 
IT Also, a speaking, speech, language. 
Pandect. -IT Also, a proposition, as, in 
loeic. Cic. -IT Also, of orators and 
actors, action, pronunciation, delivery, al¬ 
so called actio. Auct. ad Her. 3, 11. sqq. 
Cic. Or. 3, 57. sqq. Quint. 11, 3. 
PR6N0NTI aTBR, or PRoXuXCIa- 
1 T8R (Id.), 6ris, m. one that makes any 
thing known, a relatcr, writer, cwbcovri- 
rfis. Cic. 
PRoNOXTIaTUM, or PRoNCNCIa- 
TUM (Id.), i, n. a proposition, axiom, 
dfiwpa. Cic. 
PR6NOXTIaTOS, or PRoNuNCIaTOS 
3 (Id.), us, m. a pronouncing, utterance, 
delivery. Ocll. 
PRoNONTIB, and PRoNuNCIB (pro & 
nuntio, or nuncio), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
to publish, make publicly known, proclaim, 
announce. Hirt. signum, h. e. to give. 
Cic. leges. Liv. prceliuin in posterum 
diem. Id. iter. Also, with an accus. 
and in fin. following. Suet. Pronuntia- 
vit, se cantaturum. Also, with iit or 
ne following. Cas. Jusserunt pronun- 
tiari, ut impedimenta relinquerent. Id. 
Duces pronunciari jusserunt, ne quis 
ab eo loco discederet.-IT Also, to dis¬ 
close, discover, reveal, say. Cic. rem. 
-IT Also, to say, tell , report, relate. 
Cats, aliquid sincere. -IT Also, to 
promise. Cic. pecuniam pro reo. Liv. 
iniliti prtemia.-IT Also, of a herald, 
to proclaim, publish, cry. Cic. victorum 
nomina. — Also, of others. Cic. Magis- 
tri (auctionum) pronunciant.-IFAl- 
so, to create, nominate, appoint to an 
office. Liv. aliquem prietorem. - 
IT Also, to pronounce. Plin. Ep. quai- 
dam perperam. — Hence, to recite, re¬ 
hearse. Cic. versus multos uno spiritu. 
Also, of an actor, to act. Plin. Ep .— 
Hence, Cic. ad Din. 1, 2. sententiam, 
h. e. to repeat., of a consul, when he re¬ 
peats the vote of a senator, in order to 
take the votes of the other senators up¬ 
on it. — Also, to gioe sentence, declare in 
an official capacity. Cic. De tribunali 
pronuntiavit, sese recepturum. Also, 
with an accus. following. Suet, and 
Cic. sententiam. — Hence, Pronuncia- 
tus, a, um, declared or acknowledged by 
sentence. Pandect, libertas. Suelon. 
civis. 
PRoNuPER (pro & nuper), adv. very late- 
3 ly, a little while ago, vciocti. Plant. 
PRoXOROS (pro & nurus), us, f. a grand- 
3 son’s wife, Trpovbp(f>r]. Ovid. 
PR6N0S (irpnviis), a, um, adj. turned for¬ 
wards, inclined or bending forward , lean¬ 
ing forward. Cic. motus corporis. 
Parr. Puerum imponere equo pronum. 
Cas. tigna. Liv. Urbs prona in palu 
des. Stat. calix, h. e. overturned. Apul. 
in baculum, h. e. resting or leaning upon. 
Lucan. Prona pericula mortis, h. e. man¬ 
ifest. - IT Also, running forwards. 
Ovid, lepus.- IT Also, going or in¬ 
clining downwards. Ovid, via, h. e. 
steep. Virg. amnis. Ovid, currus. 
Ilorat. menses, h. e. flying, quickly pass¬ 
ing. Hence, of stars when nearly set¬ 
ting or about to set, setting, or about to 
set. Prop, sidera. So, also, of the day, 
night, sun, &c. Ovid. Titan. Stat. 
dies, h. c. drawing to its close. Hence, 
Senec. Per pronum, or, Sil. Per prona, 
h. c. downward. -IT Also, situate, or 
lying towards. Colam. Solum pronum 
orienti. Id. Campus pronus ad solem. 
Id. Loca aquiloni prona.-IT Also, 
■inclined to any thing, disposed, prone. 
Varr. and Sueton. ad aliquid, or, Ilo¬ 
rat. in aliquid, or, Tacit, alicui rei. 
Also, with a genit. following. Lucan. 
ruendi in ferrum.-IT Also, inclined 
to favor, favoring. Tacit." in aliquem. 
Suelon. alicui. Tacit. Pronis anribus 
audire, h. c. to hear willingly. -IT Also, 
easy, practicable, without difficulty. Sal¬ 
lust. Omnia virtuti prona. Plin. Ep. 
Iter ad honores pronum. Lucan, and 
Tacit. Pronum est, h. e. it is easy. Liv. 
Pronins ad fidern, A. e. more credible. 
PRBCEMIBR (proromium), aris, dep. 1. to 
2 make an introduction or preface to a speech, 
rrponiutalopai. Plin. 
PRoCEMIUM (-/) ooipiou), ii, n. an intro¬ 
duction, preface, exordium, proem. Cic. 
-IT Also, a beginning. Ovid. rixte,_ 
PRBPaGaTTB (propago, as), 6nis, f. the 
propagating of vines and trees, xardSeais. 
Cic. — Hence, figur. a propagating, as, 
of a race. Cic. Oiub propagatio et so- 
boies origo est rerum publicarum. Id. 
nominis.- IT Figur. an extension, en¬ 
largement, prolonging, txTacnq. Cic. 
imperii. Id. temporis. Id. vital. 
PRBPaG aTBR (Id.), oris, in. a propaga¬ 
tor. Hence, a prolonger, extender, en¬ 
larger. Cic. provinciae, h. c. one who 
causes a governor to retain his province 
beyond the usual lime. 
PRBPaGkS (Id.), is, f. a layer. — Hence, 
3 figur. a descendant, children, race, pos- 
terity Pacuv. sanguinis. Auson. stir- 
pis. 
PRBPaGINB (propago), as, avi, atum, a. 
3 1. to propagate. Tertull. 
PR8PAGMEN (Id.), Inis. n. a propaga- 
3 ting, prolonging. Enn. vitie. 
PRBPaGB (propago, as), Inis, f. that 
which is propagated, a set, layer. Of a 
vine. Cic. Of trees in general. Virg. 
and Plin. Of plants. Plin. — Also, any 
shoot or branch which may be used as a 
layer. Horat. — Hence, of men and ani¬ 
mals, a descendant, offspring, child, chil¬ 
dren, stock, race, breed. JVepos. virornm, 
h. e. race. Virg. Roman a, h. e. the Ro¬ 
man race, the Romans. Ovid, vera, h. e. 
son. Lucret. catulorum. So, also, of 
horses. JVemes. 
PRBPaGB (from pro & pago, or pango), 
as, avi, atum, a. 1. to propagate, as, a 
vine, tree, &c. by layers, zapaijivo). Ca¬ 
to and Coluv t. So, also, one’s race. Cic. 
stirpem. Apul. familiain.-IT Figur. 
to propagate, increase, extend, enlarge. 
Liv. terminos populi Romani hello. 
Sueton. imperium, h. e. the empire. — 
Also, to prolong, extend the duration of. 
Flnr. helium in posteros. Cic. aliquid 
posteritati, h. e. to posterity. Id. helium, 
h. c. to continue. Id. multa ssecula rei- 
pubiicte, h. e. to preserve the state many 
centuries. Id. diem. Id. laudemalicu- 
jus ad sempiternam gloriam. Id. vitam 
aucupio, Ii. e. to prolong, preserve. Lie. 
imperium alicui in annum. 
PRBI’aLX (jr[omo\ris), se,m. aforestaller, 
huckster, retailer. Varr. 
PRoPXLAM (pro&palam), adv. openly, 
in sight of all, in public, before the people, 
in riy (pavepiu. Cic. coliocare, h. e. to 
put up. -IT Also, manifestly. Plant. 
fieri, h. e. to become manifest. 
PRoPALB (propalam), as, avi,atum, a. 1. 
3 to make manifest or public, divulge. Si- 
dun. 
PRoPaNDB (pro & pando), is, andi, an- 
3 sum and assutn, a. 3. to spread out. Apul. 
PRoPaNSOS, and PRoPaSSuS, a, um. 
See Provando. 
P118PXT5R (zpovarcop),, oris, m. an an- 
3 cesior. Tertull. 
PRoPXTROOS (pro & patruus), i, in.A. t. 
3 frater proavi, a great grandfather’s broth, 
er, a great uncle. Pandect. 
PRoPATOLOS (pro & patulus), a, um, 
adj. open to inspection or entrance, open, 
uncovered, rrpoflavfjs. Cic. locus. — 
Propatulum, an open or uncovered place, 
as, in a yard or court. — Hence, In pro- 
patulo, in the court-, as, Liv. In propatulo 
indium, h. e. in the court of house. JYep. 
In propatulo domi abjicit. —In propstu- 
lo, in an open, uncoveredplace, openly,pub¬ 
licly ; as, Cic. Cum victus et cultus hu- 
manus non, uti feris, in propatulo acsil- 
vestribus locis, sed domi sub tecto ac- 
curandus esset. Plin. Ep. Hunc serino- 
nem non apud populum, sed apud De- 
curiones habui, nec in propatulo, sed in 
curia. — Mela. Propatulo, for in propatu¬ 
lo. — Hence, In propatulo, openly ; as, 
Ocll. esse, h. e. to be before one’s eyes, to 
be visible. Sallust. Pudieitiain in pro¬ 
patulo habuere, h. e. put up publicly to 
sale, as it were. 
PR8PE (unc.), adv. near, nigh, eyyvq. 
Cic. esse. Id. intueri aliquem. — So, 
also, Propius, nearer. Cic. accedere. 
Id. Proxime, h. e. next, very near. Also, 
of time 7’crent. Prope adest, quum 
alieno more vivendum est mihi, Ii. e. the 
time is not far off, &c. Plaut. Prope adest, 
ut, &c. Liv. Jam prope erat, ut pelle- 
N *etur, h. e. it wanted little, &c. Cic. Pro- 
pihs nihil est factum, quara ut occidere- 
tur,Ni. e. it wanted little, &c. he was near 
-beircif'killed. Lucan. Propius timuere 
sarissas, quam. Arc. A. c. more. — Hence, 
Proxime, a little before, last. Cic. Quern 
proxime noininavi. — Also, next time . 
Plin. Ep. Veliin ego, quum proxime ju- 
dices contrahentur, quid sit juris, indi¬ 
ces. — Also, next in order, rank or value, 
immediately after. Cic. Proxime secun¬ 
dum deos, homines hominibus utiles 
esse possunt. Plin. De lyncurio proxi¬ 
me dici cogit auctoruin pertinacia. Cic. 
Proxime a Lacyde.—Also, nearly, al¬ 
most. Cic. Proxime atque ille aui 
ffique. — Also, nearly, closely, nicely, as 
well as possible. Quintil. signare. So, 
also, Propius, more closely. Virg. aspi- 
cere.-IT Also, near to, close or hard 
by, sometimes with a, sometimes with 
an accus. or dot. Cic. Prope a Sicilia. 
Id. Prope a meis tedibus. Id. Prope 
me. Cas. Prope castra. So, also, Cic. 
Propius urbent. Id. Propius a terris. 
Id. Proxime hostem. Cas. Proxime 
hostium castris. Nepos. Propius Tibe- 
ri. Cic. Propius Grammatico access!. 
Also, figur. Liv. Res est prope me- 
turn. Id. Propius fidem est. Id. Prox- 
ime morem Romanum, A. e. nearly so. 
-IT Also, almost, nearly. Cic. Prope 
desperatis rebus. Liv. Nox prope di- 
remit colloquium, A. e. nox prope ade- 
rat, quum dirimeretur colloquium.- 
IT Also, in the same manner, just so. Ho¬ 
rat. Insanis et tu stuttique prope om- 
nes. - IT Proxiroius, comparat. ol 
proxime. Minuc. Fel. 
PRBPEDIEM (prope & dies), adv. within 
1 a few days, in a short time, after a while, 
shortly, very soon. Cic. — It is also writ¬ 
ten prope diem. 
PRoPf.LLB (pro & pello), is, puli, pnl- 
sum, a. 3. to drive before one’s self, drive 
out or forth. Liv. pecus extra portam, 
A. e. to drive out. Varr. oves in pa¬ 
bulum. Lucret. aera pr<e se. Figur. 
Petron. eruda studia in forum. — 
Hence, to drive further or forwards, push 
on, propel.. Cic. navem remis. Ocll. 
nubes non procul. — Also, simply, to 
put in motion, move. Lucret. Animus 
corpus propellit. Figur. Tacit, initia. 
— Also, to drive away. Cces. multitudi- 
»em hostium. Liv. hostem a castris. 
— Hence, to drive away, keep or ward 
off, repel, remove. Liv. pericnlum vitie ab 
aiiquo. Prop, suavia (kisses) dextniop- 
posita. Horat. frigus duramque famem. 
Colum. injurias. — Also, to hurl, throw. 
Cies. crates. Sil. hastam. — Also, to 
drive to, urge, impel, incite. Tacit, ani- 
mos ad corrumpendum morem. - 
IT Also, to throw down. Ovid, corpora 
in profundum. — Hence, to throw down, 
throw to the ground, overthrow. Senec. 
muros. Val. Flace. urbem.-IT Ihs 
first syllable is short in Lucret - 
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