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|lshtext=<b>prōles</b>: is (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. pro and [[root]] al- of alo, to [[nourish]], [[whence]] [[olesco]] in ad-[[olesco]], etc.; cf.: [[suboles]], [[indoles]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[that]] [[which]] grows [[forth]]; esp. of [[human]] beings, [[offspring]], [[progeny]], [[child]], [[descendant]]; and [[collect]]., descendants, [[race]], [[progeny]], [[posterity]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; [[but]] cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and<br /> v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. [[progenies]]). —Poet.: propagando procudere prolem, to [[bring]] [[forth]], [[produce]] children, Lucr. 5, 856: prolem est enixa gemellam, Ov. M. 9, 452: laudantur simili prole puerperae, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19: di Romulae genti [[date]] remque prolemque, id. ib. 47: et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem, Verg. A. 1, 75: [[felix]] prole [[parens]], Val. Fl. 5, 384: tua postuma [[proles]], Verg. A. 6, 763: [[ferrea]] [[proles]], the [[iron]] [[race]], Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159: aënea, Ov. M. 1, 125: argentea, id. ib. 1, 114: [[proles]] Ausonia, the Ausonian [[race]], Verg. A. 4, 236: dic mihi, Teucrorum [[proles]], Juv. 8, 56.—In [[prose]]: praeclara Brutorum [[atque]] Aemiliorum [[proles]], Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: [[proles]] [[illa]] futurorum hominum, [[race]], id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ([[poet]].): Ulixi, i. e. [[Telemachus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40: [[proles]] tertia [[Phorcus]], Ov. M. 7, 477: Clymeneïa, i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19: Apollinea, i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533: deūm certissima [[proles]], Verg. A. 6, 322: [[egomet]] Neptunia [[proles]], Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities: Saturni altera [[proles]], Verg. A. 12, 830: Bacchi [[rustica]] [[proles]], i. e. [[Priapus]], Tib. 1, 4, 7: Cyllenia [[proles]], Verg. A. 4, 268: fulminis, i. e. [[Bacchus]], Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25: Jovis, Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals: [[hinc]] nova [[proles]] per herbas Ludit, Lucr. 1, 259: duellica equorum, id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65: jam maris immensi prolem, [[genus]] omne natantum, id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. —Poet., of plants: et prolem [[tarde]] crescentis olivae, i. e. the [[fruit]], Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore Parturit ([[tellus]]), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat [[proles]], Col. poët. 10, 163.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Youth, [[young]] men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7: sternitur Arcadiae [[proles]], Verg. A. 10, 429.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The testicles ([[post]]-[[class]].): polimina sunt ea, quae nos [[proles]] verecundius dicimus, Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prōlēs</b>,⁹ is, f. ([[pro]], oles, cf. [[indoles]], [[olesco]]), race, lignée, enfants, famille, postérité [arch. et poét. d’après Cic. de Or. 3, 153 ] : Cic. Rep. 2, 40 ; Lucr. 5, 856 ; Virg. En. 1, 75 ; 6, 763 ; Ov. M. 9, 452 ; Ausonia Virg. En. 4, 236, les enfants de l’Ausonie &#124;&#124; [en parl. d’un enfant] Bacchi Tib. 1, 4, 7, le fils de [[Bacchus]] [Priape] &#124;&#124; petits [d’animaux] : Lucr. 1, 259 ; Virg. G. 3, 65 &#124;&#124; [en parl. des plantes] fruits : Virg. G. 2, 3 &#124;&#124; pl. [très [[rare]] : Col. Rust. 10, 103 &#124;&#124; [fig.] jeunes [[gens]], jeunes hommes : Cic. Leg. 3, 7 &#124;&#124; pl., les testicules : Arn. 5, 23 ; 7, 24.||[en parl. d’un enfant] Bacchi Tib. 1, 4, 7, le fils de [[Bacchus]] [Priape]||petits [d’animaux] : Lucr. 1, 259 ; Virg. G. 3, 65||[en parl. des plantes] fruits : Virg. G. 2, 3||pl. [très [[rare]] : Col. Rust. 10, 103||[fig.] jeunes [[gens]], jeunes hommes : Cic. Leg. 3, 7||pl., les testicules : Arn. 5, 23 ; 7, 24.
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{{Georges
|georg=prōlēs, is, f. (statt [[pro]]-olēs; vgl. [[sub]]-olēs, ind-olēs, ad-olēsco), [[was]] hervorwächst od. -[[gewachsen]] ist, [[fast]] [[nur]] poet.: I) [[Sprößling]], [[Kind]], [[Nachkomme]], a) v. Göttern u. Menschen: pr. [[illa]] futurorum hominum, Cic.: postuma, [[Kind]], Verg.: gemella, Zwillinge, Ov.: Apollinea, Askulap, Ov.: Latoia, [[Apollo]] u. [[Diana]], Ov.: altera Saturni, [[Juno]], Verg.: Bacchi, [[Priapus]], Tibull.: [[ferrea]], [[Geschlecht]], [[Menschengeschlecht]], Poët. b. Cic.: Tuscorum, Abkömmlinge, Plin.: Ausonia, [[Nachkommenschaft]], Liv.: prolem propagando procudere, Kinder [[zeugen]], Lucr.: geminam partu dare prolem, Verg. – b) [[von]] Tieren, Verg. u. Colum. – c) v. Gewächsen, Verg.: Plur., Colum. poët. – II) übtr.: A) die junge [[Mannschaft]], equitum peditumque, Cic. de legg. 3, 7: Arcadiae, Verg. Aen. 10, 429. – B) die [[Hode]], im Plur. b. Arnob. 5, 23 u. 7, 24. – / Genet. Plur. prolum [[nach]] Mart. Cap. 3. § 301.
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