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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prorsus</b>: (collat. form prōsus, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 2; Enn. ap. Non. 165, 11; Trag. Rel. p. 28 Rib.; [[but]] p. 107 Vahl. reads [[prorsus]]), adv. for pro-[[versus]].<br /><b>I</b> Forwards ([[ante]]-[[class]].): non [[prorsus]], [[verum]] [[transvorsus]] cedit, [[quasi]] [[cancer]] solet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45.—<br /><b>II</b> Straight on, [[right]] onwards, [[directly]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].), [[Cato]] ap. Fest. p. 234 Müll.: [[tunc]] Arionem [[prorsus]] ex eo [[loco]] Corinthum petivisse, Gell. 16, 19, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Straightway, by all [[means]], [[certainly]], [[truly]], [[precisely]], [[utterly]], [[absolutely]] ([[class]].): [[prorsus]] perii, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 27: vide ne [[ille]] huc [[prorsus]] se inruat, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11; 3, 2, 26: [[prorsus]] tacere [[nequeo]], id. Hec. 4, 4, 51: ita [[prorsus]] [[existimo]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: nullo [[modo]] potest fleri [[prosus]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 2: nullo [[modo]] [[prorsus]] [[assentior]], Cic. N. D. 3, 8, 21; id. Att. 13, 45, 1: [[verbum]] [[prorsus]] nullum [[intellego]], not a [[single]] [[word]], id. de Or. 2, 14, 61: venies [[exspectatus]] non [[solum]] nobis, sed [[prorsus]] omnibus, id. Fam. 4, 10, 1: [[affatim]] [[prorsus]], id. Att. 16, 1, 5: [[prorsus]] [[vehementer]] et [[severe]], id. ib. 16, 15, 2: hoc mihi [[prorsus]] [[valde]] placet, id. Fam. 6, 20, 2; Plin. 14, 5, 7, § 58.—Ironically: grati [[prorsus]] conjugibus revertemur, Curt. 5, 5, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exactly, [[just]], [[precisely]]: [[set]] ea [[prorsus]] opportuna Catilinae, Sall. C. 16, 5; Varr. L. L. 6, § 16 dub.; v. Müll. ad h. l.: [[prorsus]] [[quasi]], [[precisely]] as if, Just. 1, 7, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After an [[enumeration]] of particulars, in [[short]], in [[fine]], in a [[word]]: [[igitur]] [[colos]] [[exsanguis]], foedi oculi: [[citus]] [[modo]], [[modo]] [[tardus]] [[incessus]]; [[prorsus]] in facie vultuque [[vecordia]] inerat, Sall. C. 15, 5; 25, 5; id. J. 23, 1; 30, 3 al.<br /><b>prorsus</b>: (collat. form prōsus; v. II.), a, um, adj. for pro-[[versus]].<br /><b>I</b> Straightforwards, [[right]] onwards, [[straight]], [[direct]] ([[post]]-Aug.): prorso tramite siste [[gradus]] (al. proso), Avien. 3: prorsi limites appellantur in agrorum mensuris, qui ad orientem directi sunt, Fest. p. 234, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[style]], straightforwards, i. e. [[prosaic]], in [[prose]], opp. to [[verse]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[prorsum]] est [[porro]] [[versum]], id est [[ante]] [[versum]]. Hinc et prorsa [[oratio]], [[quam]] non inflexit [[cantilena]], [[Don]]. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14: et prorsa et vorsa [[facundia]] veneratus [[sum]], in [[prose]] and [[verse]], App. Flor. 4, p. 361, 36.—In this [[sense]] [[predominant]] ([[but]] not [[found]] in Cic.) in the form [[prosa]] [[oratio]], [[prose]], =soluta [[oratio]], Quint. 1, 5, 18; 11, 2, 39: [[prosa]] [[eloquentia]], Vell. 1, 17, 3; Sen. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 6; Col. 11, 1, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112.—Subst.: prōsa, ae, f., [[prose]], Quint. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 17; 20; 9, 4, 52 et saep.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>prōrsus</b>,¹⁰ arch. <b>prōsus</b> Pl. Trin. 730, adv. ([[pro]] et vorsus),<br /><b>1</b> tourné en avant, en avant : Pl. Ps. 955 ; Enn. Scen. 116 ; [[Varro]] Men. 28 ; [fig.] [[prorsus]] ibat [[res]] Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4, les affaires marchaient bien || tout droit : Ter. Ad. 550 ; Gell. 16, 19, 17<br /><b>2</b> tout à fait, absolument : [[ita]] [[prorsus]] [[existimo]] Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, c’[[est]] tout à fait mon [[avis]] ; [[verbum]] [[prorsus]] nullum Cic. de Or. 2, 61, absolument pas un mot ; [[prorsus]] omnes Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 1, absolument tout le monde ; [[adfatim]] [[prorsus]] Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5, tout à fait amplement ; [[prorsus]] [[valde]] Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2, vraiment beaucoup ; [[prorsus]] [[opportunus]] Sall. C. 16, 5, tout à fait favorable<br /><b>3</b> en un mot : Sall. C. 15, 5 ; 23, 2 ; J. 23, 1, etc.<br />(2) <b>prōrsus</b>,¹⁵ a, um ([[pro]] et vorsus),<br /><b>1</b> tourné en droite ligne : Fest. 234 et P. Fest. 235<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] prosaïque : prorsā et vorsā facundiā Apul. Flor. 18, 38, en prose et en vers || [de là vient prob<sup>t</sup> l’adj.] <b>prōsus</b>, a, um : [[prosa]] [[oratio]] Quint. 1, 5, 18, etc., la prose ; et le subst. <b>prōsa</b>, æ, f., la prose : Quint. 1, 8, 2 ; 8, 6, 17, etc.
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