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|lshtext=<b>prō-lŭo</b>: lŭi, lūtum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[wash]] [[forth]] or [[out]], to [[cast]] [[out]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]; not [[found]] in Cic.; [[once]] in Cæs.;<br /> v. [[infra]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[genus]] omne natantum Litore in [[extremo]] ... [[fluctus]] Proluit, Verg. G. 3, 543; ventrem, i. e. to [[cause]] [[diarrhœa]], Col. 7, 3, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[wash]] [[off]] or [[away]]: [[tempestas]] ex omnibus montibus nives proluit, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: [[impetus]] aquarum proluit terram, Col. 2, 18, 5; cf.: silvas [[Eridanus]], Verg. G. 1, 481; id. A. 12, 686.—Hence, *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., to [[make]] [[away]] [[with]] [[property]]: pecuniam prandiorum gurgitibus, to [[squander]], [[dissipate]], Gell. 2, 24, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[moisten]], [[wet]], [[wash]]: in [[vivo]] prolue rore [[manus]], Ov. F. 4, 778: ensem, i. e. [[with]] [[blood]], Sil. 15, 304: [[cruor]] proluit pectora, Stat. Th. 8, 711.—Poet., of [[drinking]]: leni [[praecordia]] mulso Prolueris [[melius]], Hor. S. 2, 4, 26: se pleno [[auro]], Verg. A. 1, 739; multā [[prolutus]] vappā, Hor. S. 1, 5, 16: nec fonte labra prolui caballino, Pers. prol. 1.—In [[comic]] lang.: cloacam (i. e. ventrem), to [[wash]] [[out]] the [[stomach]], i. e. to [[drink]] one's [[fill]], Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[overflow]], [[inundate]] (postclass.): prolutas esse regiones imbribus, App. de Mundo, p. 73, 26.
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|gf=<b>prōlŭō</b>,¹³ ī, ūtum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> baigner, arroser : Ov. F. 4, 778 || [en buvant] : Hor. S. 2, 4, 26 ; pleno se proluit [[auro]] Virg. En. 1, 739, il s’abreuva de la coupe d’or pleine || cloacam Pl. Curc. 121, se rincer les entrailles || inonder : Apul. Mund. 34<br /><b>2</b> emporter [en inondant], entraîner dans son cours : Virg. G. 3, 543 || balayer, emporter : Cæs. C. 1, 48, 2 ; Virg. G. 1, 481 || [fig.] dissiper [son argent] : Gell. 2, 24, 11.
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