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|lshtext=<b>prō-mōvĕo</b>: mōvi, mōtum (<br /><b>I</b> pluperf. promorat. Hor Epod. 11, 14: promosset, Ov. Am 2, 9, 17 Jahn), 2, v. a., to [[move]] [[forward]], [[cause]] to [[advance]], [[push]] [[onward]], [[advance]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: saxa vectibus, Caes B. C. 2, 11: onera, Col. 11, 1, 8; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64: [[assa]] in alterum apodyterii anguium, Cic. Q. Fr 3, 1, 1, § 2: legiones, Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: [[castra]] ad Carthaginem, to [[move]] [[onward]], Liv 28, 44 fin.: exercitu in Aetoliam promoto, Just. 14, 1, 6: cornua [[utrimque]] (in acie), Quint. 2, 13, 3: scalas et machinamenta, Tac. A. 15, 4 fin.: calculum, to [[push]] [[forward]], [[move]], Quint. 11, 2, 38; 11, 3, 113: unum pedem triclinio, to [[put]] [[forth]], [[move]] from, Phaedr. 4, 23, 28: ibi te videbo et promovebo, [[will]] [[take]] [[you]] [[along]] [[with]] me, Cic. Att. 4, 12 fin. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[extend]], [[enlarge]]. [[moenia]] [[Ostia]] [[tenus]], Suet Ner 16: [[imperium]], Ov P 2, 2, 72: [[vires]] in immensum orbem, id. Am. 2, 9, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Med. t. t., to [[put]] [[out]] of [[joint]], [[dislocate]], [[displace]]: in palmā [[quoque]] ossa [[interdum]] suis sedibus promoventur, Cels. 8, 18 init.: [[femur]] in omnes [[quattuor]] partes promovetur, saepissime in interiorem, id. 8, 20 init.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[bring]] to [[pass]], [[effect]], [[accomplish]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): promovere [[parum]], Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 81: [[aliquis]] dicat, Nihil promoveris, id. And. 4, 1, 17: [[meditatio]] [[nihil]] ad vitam tuendam promovens, Gell. 10, 22, 24; cf. in a [[lusus]] verbb. [[with]] movere se, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 4.—Absol.: cum in [[studio]] facundiae [[abunde]] promovisset, Gell. 5, 10, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[enlarge]], [[increase]]: [[doctrina]] vim promovet insitam, Hor C. 4, 4, 33; so, promovere aliquem, to [[advance]], [[prefer]], [[promote]] ([[post]]-Aug.; cf.: [[perduco]], [[produco]], [[proveho]]): [[vetus]] [[miles]] ad eum gradum [[promotus]], Curt. 6, 11, 1: [[promotus]] ad amplissimas procurationes, Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3; Suet. Oth. 1; id. Vesp. 16; Lampr. Elag. 12; 20; Plin. [[Pan]]. 90, 6; Vulg. Dan. 3, 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] to [[light]], [[reveal]]: arcana promorat [[loco]] (i. e. ex [[intimo]] corde), Hor Epod. 11, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] [[off]], [[defer]], [[postpone]]: nuptias alicui, Ter. And. 4, 2, 28.—Hence, prōmōtus, a, um, P a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[time]], advanced, i. e. [[late]]: nocte promotā, [[late]] at [[night]], [[far]] [[into]] the [[night]], App. M. 4, p. 152, 38; 7, p. 190, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: prōmōta, ōrum, n., in the lang. of the [[Stoics]], things [[that]] are to be preferred, pref. erable things, as [[being]] [[next]] in [[degree]] to [[absolute]] [[good]]; a [[literal]] transl. of the Gr. προηγμέυα, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.