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|lshtext=<b>prōdĭgo</b>: ēgi, [[actum]], 3, v. a. pro-[[ago]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[drive]] [[forth]], to [[drive]] to a [[place]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[ante]]-[[class]].): sues in lutosos limites, Varr. R. R. 2, 4: in [[pabulum]], id. ib. 2, 7 med.: pulli prodigendi in solem, id. ib. 3, 9 med. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[get]] [[rid]] of.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], to [[use]] up, [[consume]] (post-class.): esculentum potulentumve, Dig. 1, 18, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], to [[squander]], to [[lavish]], [[waste]], [[dissipate]] (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.: [[effundo]], [[profundo]], [[consumo]]): festo [[die]] si [[quid]] prodegeris, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10: suom, id. Merc. 5, 4, 60: aliena bona, Sall. Or. Lepidi [[contra]] Sull.: [[opes]], Suet. ner. 30: sua, Tac. H. 1, 20: [[illi]] prodigere vitam pro victoriā contendentes, Amm. 16, 12, 50: singulos [[artus]] suos fortunae prodigendos [[dare]] quaestu [[atque]] [[compendio]] gloriarum, Gell. 2, 27, 5.