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prō-turbo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to drive on or forward, to drive forth or away, to repel, repulse (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “his facile pulsis ac proturbatis,” Caes. B. G. 2, 19 fin.: “hostes telis,” Liv. 5, 47: “apes pigras et ignavas,” Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67: “extra tecta proturbantur,” Col. 9, 15, 2: “aliquem de domo,” App. M. 9, p. 230, 20: “aliquem laribus,” Claud. in Eutr. 2, 513; Tac. H. 2, 85: “hostem Missilibus,” Verg. A. 10, 801: “hostes hinc comminus,” id. 9, 441: “in exsilium proturbatus,” Just. 3, 4, 12.— Poet.: “silvas,” to bear down, overthrow, prostrate, Ov. M. 3, 80.—
II. Transf.: “anhelatum murmur pectore,” to send forth, utter, Sil. 5, 605: “militum conviciis proturbatus,” attacked, assailed, Tac. H. 1, 60: “nuncius hunc (Aeolum) solio Boreas proturbat ab alto,” drives him from his lofty seat, Val. Fl. 1, 597.
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 (9):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.19
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.80
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.801
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.60
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.85
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 47
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.597
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.15.2
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