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prorsum (collat. form prōsum , like prosus=prorsus, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 6 Ritschl), adv. pro-versum.
I. Forwards (poet.): “neque prorsum iniit,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 32: “cursari rursum prorsum,to and fro, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35.—
II. Straight on, right onwards, directly (ante-class.): “simulato, quasi eas prorsum in navem,Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 5; id. Mil. 4, 4, 56 Ritschl.—
B. Trop., straightforwards, without ceremony, i. e. wholly, absolutely, at all (ante- and post-class.): “prorsum perit,Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 3: prorsum quodcumque videbat fecisse, Cato ap. Charis. p. 189 P.: “praedones prorsum parcunt nemini, Plaut. ib.: prorsum credebam nemini,id. Pers. 4, 3, 8: “prorsum nihil intellego,Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 28; cf. id. Eun. 2, 3, 41: “irritatus,Gell. 17, 3, 3.
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    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 4.2
    • Plautus, Curculio, 5.3
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.5
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 5.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 17.3.3
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