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|lshtext=<b>prorsum</b>: (collat. form prōsum, [[like]] [[prosus]]=[[prorsus]], Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 6 Ritschl), adv. pro-[[versum]].<br /><b>I</b> Forwards ([[poet]].): [[neque]] [[prorsum]] iniit, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 32: cursari rursum [[prorsum]], to and [[fro]], Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35.—<br /><b>II</b> Straight on, [[right]] onwards, [[directly]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): simulato, [[quasi]] eas [[prorsum]] in navem, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 5; id. Mil. 4, 4, 56 Ritschl.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., straightforwards, [[without]] [[ceremony]], i. e. [[wholly]], [[absolutely]], at all ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): [[prorsum]] perit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 3: [[prorsum]] quodcumque videbat fecisse, [[Cato]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 189 P.: praedones [[prorsum]] parcunt nemini, Plaut. ib.: [[prorsum]] credebam nemini, id. Pers. 4, 3, 8: [[prorsum]] [[nihil]] [[intellego]], Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 28; cf. id. Eun. 2, 3, 41: [[irritatus]], Gell. 17, 3, 3.
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