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proluo

proluo, to wash forth, throw out, cast out

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

prōluō, luī, lūtus, 3, a.: to wash forth or out, cast out; wash away, 12.686; wet, drench, fill, 1.739.

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proluissent Verb: pluperfect active subjunctive 3rd plural of proluo

See proluissent in Morpho

prō-lŭo, lŭi, lūtum, 3, v. a., to wash forth or out, to cast out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not found in Cic.; once in Caes.; v. infra).
  • I Lit.: genus omne natantum Litore in extremo ... fluctus Proluit, Verg. G. 3, 543; ventrem, i.e. to cause diarrhoea, Col. 7, 3, 25.—
  • II Transf.
    • A To wash off or away: tempestas ex omnibus montibus nives proluit, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: impetus aquarum proluit terram, Col. 2, 18, 5; cf.: silvas Eridanus, Verg. G. 1, 481; id. A. 12, 686.—Hence, *
      • 2 Trop., to make away with property: pecuniam prandiorum gurgitibus, to squander, dissipate, Gell. 2, 24, 11.—
    • B To moisten, wet, wash: in vivo prolue rore manus, Ov. F. 4, 778: ensem, i.e. with blood, Sil. 15, 304: cruor proluit pectora, Stat. Th. 8, 711.—Poet., of drinking: leni praecordia mulso Prolueris melius, Hor. S. 2, 4, 26: se pleno auro, Verg. A. 1, 739; multā prolutus vappā, Hor. S. 1, 5, 16: nec fonte labra prolui caballino, Pers. prol. 1.—In comic lang.: cloacam (i. e. ventrem), to wash out the stomach, i.e. to drink one's fill, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29 (124).—
    • C To overflow, inundate (post-class.): prolutas esse regiones imbribus, Ap. Mund. p. 73, 26.

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