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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.

{{Georges

|georg=(1) prōrsus¹ (altlat. [[prossus]], prōsus), Adv. ([[pro]] u. [[versus]]), [[vorwärts]] gekehrt, I) eig.: a) [[vorwärts]] (Ggstz. [[rursus]], rūsus, [[rückwärts]]), [[non]] [[prorsus]], [[sed]] [[transvorsus]] cedit, [[quasi]] [[cancer]] solet, Plaut. Pseud. 955: [[rursus]] [[prorsus]] reciprocat [[fluctus]], Enn. fr. scen. 116: mortales [[multi]] [[rursus]] ac [[prorsus]] meant, [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 28: bildl., [[prorsus]] ibat [[res]], die [[Sache]] kam in guten [[Zug]], Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 4. – b) [[geradeswegs]], [[geradezu]], vide ne [[ille]] [[huc]] [[prorsus]] se inruat, Ter. adelph. 550. – II) übtr.: a) [[zeitlich]] [[vorwärts]], naturae [[prorsus]] ac [[retro]] aeviternae, Apul. de deo Socr. 3. – b) [[hinfort]], [[qui]] invident, ne [[umquam]] eorum [[quisquam]] invideat [[prosus]] commodis, Plaut. most. 307. – c) [[geradezu]], α) = [[gewiß]] [[sehr]], [[durchaus]], [[ganz]] und [[gar]], [[gänzlich]], pr. perii, Plaut.: pr. tacere [[nequeo]], Ter.: [[ita]] pr. [[existimo]], Cic.: pr. [[ita]] [[sentio]], Cic.: [[prorsus]] [[assentior]], Cic.: pr. [[aequum]] est petere, Trag. vet.: [[verbum]] pr. nullum [[intellego]], Cic.: [[nam]] tu poëta es [[prossus]] ad [[eam]] rem [[unicus]], Plaut.: [[sed]] ea [[prorsus]] opportuna Catilinae, die Umstände waren K. [[durchaus]] [[günstig]], Sall.: pr. rem [[magni]] et animi et operis [[aggressus]], eines [[gewiß]] [[sehr]] gr. usw., Iustin.: [[ironisch]], grati [[prorsus]] ([[recht]] [[schön]] [[willkommen]]) coniugibus, quas iuvenes duximus, revertemur! Curt. 5, 5 (18), 13. – [[non]] [[prorsus]], [[nullo]] [[modo]] [[prorsus]], [[durchaus]] [[nicht]], [[ganz]] und [[gar]] [[nicht]], [[non]] [[prorsus]] (verst. [[video]]), inquit, Cic.: [[nullo]] [[modo]] [[prorsus]] [[assentior]], Cic.: [[nullo]] [[modo]] potest fieri [[prorsus]] [[quin]] [[dos]] detur virgini, Plaut. (vgl. Schömann, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 21. Brix Plaut. trin. 729). – [[prorsus]] [[quasi]], [[durchaus]] ([[ganz]]) [[wie]] [[wenn]], Iustin. 1, 7, 16 (u. [[dazu]] Fittbogen) u.a. – [[prorsus]] ut m. Konj., so daß [[durchaus]], so daß [[gewiß]], Cic. Rosc. Amer. 59; Tull. 18. Plin. 14, 58. [[Flor]]. 1, 11, 15. Iustin. 2, 1, 4. Gell. 2, 23, 1. – β) um es [[geradezu]] zu [[sagen]], [[mit]] einem Worte, [[überhaupt]], Sall. Cat. 15, 5 (u. [[dazu]] Kritz u. Fabri); 23, 2. Sall. Iug. 23, 1 u.a. – / Über die archaist. [[Form]] [[prosus]] ([[prossus]]) s. Ritschl Prolegg. ad Plaut. trin. p. CIV. Fleckeisen in Jahrbb. [[für]] klass. Philol. 60, 255. Ritschl opusc. 2, 544. Hertz Vindic. Gell. 2. p. 60.<br />'''(2)''' prōrsus², a, um, Adi. ([[pro]] u. [[versus]]), I) [[vor]] [[sich]] [[hin]]-, [[geradeaus]] gekehrt (Ggstz. [[transvorsus]]), prorsi limites, [[von]] [[Westen]] [[nach]] Osten gehende (Ggstz. transvorsi limites, [[von]] [[Norden]] [[nach]] [[Süden]] gehende), [[Fest]]. p. 234 (a), 1 u. Paul. ex [[Fest]] 235, 1. Gromat. vet 29, 9 u. 16; 167, 16 a. – subst., Prōrsa, ae, f., die [[Göttin]] der regelmäßigen, [[mit]] dem Kopfe [[voran]] erfolgenden Geburten (Ggstz. [[Postverta]], w. s.), 1. [[Varro]]b. Gell. 16, 16, 4. – II) übtr., v. der [[Rede]], die [[gerade]] od. [[schlicht]] ist, [[ungebunden]], im Ggstz. zum Verse, prorsa et vorsa [[facundia]], in [[Prosa]] u. Versen, Apul. flor. 18. p. 32, 1 Kr. – Aus diesem Worte scheint entstanden zu [[sein]] das Adi. prōsus, a, um, [[prosaisch]], [[oratio]] [[prosa]] od. subst. bl. prōsa, ae, f., die ungebundene [[Schreibart]], die [[Prosa]], Sen., Colum. u.a.: prosā incipit, versu labitur, pedestri sermone finitur, [[Hieron]]. epist. 53, 9 (Plin. 5, 112 [[jetzt]] [[mit]] den besten Hdschrn. prorsa [[oratio]]).

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