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prō^pāgo , āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. pro and root pag- of pango, πήγνυμι.
I. Lit.
A. To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato, R. R. 52, 1: “castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur,Col. 4, 33, 3: “vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos,Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96: “abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat,id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence,
B. In gen., to propagate, generate, continue by procreation: “stirpem,Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13: “cum ipse sui generis initium ac nominis ab se gigni et propagari vellet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180: “prolem,Lucr. 2, 996.—
II. Transf.
A. In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase: “fines imperii,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: “finis imperii propagavit,Nep. Ham. 2, 5: “eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari,Liv. 36, 1, 3: “terminos Urbis,Tac. A. 12, 23: “augere et propagare imperium,Suet. Ner. 18: “propagatae civitates,Vell. 1, 14, 1: “sumptus cenarum,Gell. 2, 24, 15: “notitiam Britanniae,Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.—
B. In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.: “prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare,Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: “haec posteritati propagantur,are transferred to posterity, id. Sest. 48, 102: “meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae,has preserved the State for many centuries, id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: “vitam aucupio,to prolong, preserve, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: “memoriam aeternam alicui,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11: “hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur,Lact. 2, 12, 21.—
C. To add as an appendix or extension, in writing: “Carum cum liberis,” i. e. the life of, Vop. 24, 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.5.11
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.6.13
    • null, 48.102
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.180
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.23
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.996
    • Suetonius, Nero, 18
    • Cornelius Nepos, Hamilcar, 2.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.60
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.96
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 25
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.12
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.11
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.24.15
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.33.3
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.2
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