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|lshtext=<b>prō-sterno</b>: strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[strew]] in [[front]] of, to [[strew]] [[before]] one; also, to [[throw]] to the [[ground]], [[throw]] [[down]], [[overthrow]], [[prostrate]] (syn.: [[fundo]], [[profligo]], [[provolvo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: eo prosternebant folia farferi, Plaut. Poen. 2, 31 (al. praesternebant): ceteros ruerem ... et prosternerem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21: pondere silvam, Ov. M. 8, 776: prostraturus [[humi]] [[corpus]], Curt. 8, 5, 6; cf. Liv. 9, 6: se ad [[pedes]] alicujus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45; so, prosternere se et supplicare alicui, id. Planc. 20, 50: his auditis prostraverant se omnes [[humi]], Liv. 45, 20, 9: hostem prostravit, fudit, occidit, Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27: hostem ferro, Sil. 7, 397: [[legio]] prosternitur latis arvis, Val. Fl. 6, 508: telo virum, id. ib. 3, 185: lapsu equi [[prostratus]], Tac. H. 4, 34.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[throw]] to the [[ground]], to [[overthrow]], [[subvert]], [[ruin]], [[destroy]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].): omnia cupiditate ac furore, Cic. Clu. 6, 15; 31, 70; cf.: jacet [[ille]] [[nunc]] [[prostratus]], id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; and: afflicta ct prostrata [[virtus]], id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: malevolorum obtrectationes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: [[mores]] civitatis, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 113: carminum [[studium]], Tac. Or 11: se prosternere, to demean or [[debase]] one's [[self]], Cic. Par. 1, 14: prostrata est Philisthaea [[omnis]], Vulg. Isa. 14, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[prostitute]], Suet. Caes. 2; id. Tib. 35; id. Calig. 24; Just. 12, 7, 11; Arn. 2, 73 (in Plin [[Pan]]. 31 the true [[read]]. is praesterni).