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prō-cūdo , di, sum, 3, v. a.,
I.to fashion or make by hammering, to forge a thing.
A. Lit. (poet.): “in acuta et tenuia posse Mucronum duci fastigia procudendo,” Lucr. 5, 1265: “enses, Hor C. 4, 15, 19: vomeris obtusi dentem,” Verg. G. 1, 261.—
2. Transf., in gen., to bring forth, produce: “ignem,” Lucr. 2, 1115: “prolem propagando,” id. 5, 856.—
B. Trop., to form, cultirate (rare but class.): legendo et scribendo vitam procudito, Varr. ap. Non. 156, 28: “non solum acuenda nobis, neque procudenda lingua est, sed, etc.,” Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121: “ingenium,” Amm. 15, 2, 8.—
2. Transf., in gen., to forge, contrive, bring forth, produce (ante-class.): haec mihi incus est; procudam ego hinc hodie multos dolos, to forge artifices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 20: “voluptatem,” Lucr. 3, 1081.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.261
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.30
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.856
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1115
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1081
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1265
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