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prōlāto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. profero.
I. To lengthen, extend, enlarge (not in Cic.; syn.: distendo, extendo; “profero, differo): agros,” Tac. H. 2, 78: “villam,” Col. 1, 5: “rem rusticam,” id. 1, praef. § 19: effugium, Lucr. 1, 983: “vitam,” to prolong, Tac. A. 11, 37.—
II. Of time, to put off, defer, delay, postpone (class.; cf.: “profero, differo), id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest,” Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: “dubitando et dies prolatando,” Sall. C. 43, 3: “diem ex die,” Tac. A. 6, 42: “bellum,” id. ib. 13, 34: “bellum indies,” Sall. H. 4, 61, 12 Dietsch; cf. Sil. 3, 142: “consultationes,” Sall. J. 27, 2: “seditiones,” id. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch: “nihil prolatandum ratus,” Liv. 21, 5: “prolatando aliquantum extraxerant temporis,” Curt. 10, 2, 10.
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 (10):
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 4.3.6
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.37
    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.42
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.78
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 27
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.983
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 5
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 43
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.2.10
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