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prō-flīgo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).
II. Trop.
B. To overwhelm, crush in spirit: “quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.—
C. To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch: “bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,Liv. 21, 40, 11: “profligato fere Samnitium bello,id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11: “profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2: “profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: “omnia ad perniciem profligata,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: “sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9: “profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2: “profligatis in Africā rebus,Just. 22, 8, 1: “victoriam,Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2: “quantum profligatum sit,how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus , a, um, P. a.
A. Wretched, miserable, vile (class.; “syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.—
B. In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.): “tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65: “homines,id. Arch. 6, 14: “omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: “profligatissimus quisque,Suet. Tib. 35.—
C. Of time, advanced (post-Aug.): “profligatae aetatis (homo),Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.: “in profligato esse,to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (24):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.30.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 14.14.37
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.19
    • Cicero, For Archias, 6.14
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 13.38
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.65
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 29
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.2
    • Suetonius, Otho, 9
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.32
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.36
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.4
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.1
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 35
    • Cornelius Nepos, Datames, 6.8
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pelopidas, 2.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 2.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 40
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.6
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 15.5.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 19.5.2
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