I.pres. part. abl. sing. prodente, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31), v. a.
I. To give, put, or bring forth (class.; “syn. edo, profero, promo): prodit fumoso con dita vina cado,” Ov. F. 5, 518: “suspiria pectore,” id. M. 1, 656: “hydraulam et choraulam,” to show, Suet. Ner. 54: “exemplum tur pe,” to give a bad example, Vell. 2, 119, 4: “perniciosum exemplum,” Cic. Fl. 11, 25: “prodendi exempli causā,” of setting an example, Liv. 1, 11, 7.—
B. In partic.
1. To bring forth, bear, produce (poet.): parvā prodite patriā, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 55: “quae tam festa dies ut cesset prodere furem, Perfidiam, fraudes,” Juv. 13, 23.—
2. To put forth in writing, i. e. to publish, make known, relate, report, record: “cum decretum proditur, lex veri rectique proditur,” Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27: “Procilius non idem prodidit, quod Piso,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 148: “ea, quae scriptores Graeciae prodiderunt,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: “haec monumenta nobis litterae prodiderunt,” id. Planc. 39, 94: Thucydides ossa ejus clam ab amicis esse sepulta, memoriae prodidit, has handed down to memory, i. e. has recorded, Nep. Them. 10, 5: “hujus bella gesta multi memoriae prodiderunt,” id. Hann. 13, 3: “ut produnt,” as they say. Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33: prodere aliquid memoriā, to put forth from memory, i. e. to record, relate: “quos natos in insulā ipsā, memoriā proditum dicunt,” Caes. B. G. 5, 12: “ut quod proditum memoriā est,” Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—Esp., to publish, proclaim any one as appointed to an office, i. e. to appoint, elect, create a public officer of any kind (syn.: “creo, designo): cum populo agendi jus esto ei, quem produnt patres consulum creandorum ergo,” Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10; “flaminem,” id. Mil. 17, 46: “interregem,” id. Dom. 14, 38: “dictatorem,” Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 18; to make known, disclose, discover, betray, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75: “homine prodente conscios,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: “crimen vultu,” Ov. M. 2, 447: “tamquam prodiderim quidquid scio,” Juv. 9, 97: “arcanum,” id. 9, 115.—
3. To betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously: “si Brutum prodideritis, et deserueritis,” Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 7: “is me deseruit ac prodidit,” id. Fl. 33, 81; id. Sest. 14, 32; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84: “prodebas caput et salutem meam,” id. Pis. 24, 56: “classem praedonibus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: “hosti rempublicam,” Sall. J. 31, 18: “patriam,” Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—
4. To give up, surrender, abandon: rem summam, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 411 Vahl.): “suam vitam, et Pecuniam omnem,” Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 70.—
II. To extend, permit to go farther.
A. To put off, defer (anteclass.), Fest. p. 242 Müll.—
B. To prolong, = produco, de mendico male meretur qui ei dat quod edit, nam illi prodit vitam ad miseriam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58 sq.—
C. To hand down, transmit, bequeath (class.): “qui sacra suis posteris prodiderunt,” Cic. Mil. 30, 83: “jus imaginis ad memoriam posteritatemque prodendae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36: “regnum a Tantalo proditum,” id. Off. 3, 21, 84.—
