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prō-gnātus , a, um, Part. [gnatus, natus, from nascor],
I.born, descended, sprung from some one; of children or descendants.
I. Lit.: CORNELIVS LVCIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, first Epitaph of the Scipios; SO, PROGNATVM PVBLIO, ninth Epitaph of the Scipios: corpore Tartarino (i. e. Chao) prognata Paluda virago (i. e. Minerva, Aër), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 510 Vahl.): “Sosiam Davo prognatum patre,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 209: “a meo patre prognatus,id. Men. 5, 9, 20: “bonis prognatam,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 65; Hor. S. 1, 6, 78; 1, 2, 70: “Romulus deo prognatus,Liv. 1, 40.—As subst.: prōgnātus , i, m., a child, descendant (ante-class.): “parentes, Patria et prognati,children, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 20: “Herculei prognati,the descendants of Hercules, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 46; cf.: “Tantalo prognatus, Pelope natus,” i. e. Atreus, grandson of Tantalus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: “ex Cimbris Teutonisque prognati,Caes. B. G. 2, 29: “Galli ab Dite patre prognati,id. ib. 6, 18: Venere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2: “Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo,Naev. Bell. Punic. 2, 20: “quali genere prognatus?Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35: “Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis,Hor. S. 2, 1, 26.—
II. Transf., of plants, sprung or grown forth: “Peliaco quondam prognatae vertice pinus,Cat. 64, 1: “harundines in palude prognatae,Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.15.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.29
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 2.2
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.2
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.9
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.26
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.78
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 40
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.12
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