prorito
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English
prorito proritare, -, - V :: prove, cause; incite; tempt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prō-rīto: āre, v. a. like ir-rito, āre; cf. also ira.
I To provoke, cause, or produce by irritation (post - Aug.), Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90.—
II Transf., to incite, entice, allure, tempt (post-Aug.): nisi pretium proritat, Col. 2, 10, 17: quem spes proritat, Sen. Ep. 23, 2: proritat illos rei species, id. Tranq. 12, 5: stomachum varietate aptā ciborum, Scrib. Comp. 104: aliquem ad furias, Arn. 5, 178.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōrītō,¹⁴ ās, āvī, āre (pro, rito, cf. irrito), tr., provoquer, exciter, stimuler : Plin. 26, 90 || attirer, engager, inviter : Sen. Ep. 23, 2 ; Tranq. 12, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
prōrīto, āvī, āre (pro u. *rito, āre, wov. auch irrito), I) hervorreizen, -bringen, Plin. 26, 90. – II) anreizen, anlocken, nisi pretium proritat, Colum.: quem spes aliqua proritat, Sen.: pr. stomachum varietate ciborum, Scrib. Larg.: in vitia proritari facultatis alicuius instinctu, Arnob.: quis est, quem non ad huiusmodi furias documenta proritent? Arnob.: qui irritatu suo feram bestiam vel quamcumque aliam quadrupedem proritaverit, Paul. sent. 1, 15. § 2.
