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propago

propago, to set forward, extend, enlarge, spread, increase

propago2, a set, layer, slip, shoot, offspring

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

propāgo, inis, f.: that which is fastened forward or along; the layer of a vine; offspring, progeny, race, lineage, 6.870; 12.827. (prō and pangō)

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prō̆pāgo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [pro and root pag- of pango, πήγνυμι].
  • Lit.
    • A To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato R. R. 52, 1: castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur, Col. 4, 33, 3: vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos, Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96: abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence,
    • B In gen., to propagate, generate, continue by procreation: stirpem, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13: cum ipse sui generis initium ac nominis ab se gigni et propagari vellet, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180: prolem, Lucr. 2, 996.—
  • II Transf.
    • A In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase: fines imperii, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: finis imperii propagavit, Nep. Ham. 2, 5: eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari, Liv. 36, 1, 3: terminos Urbis, Tac. A. 12, 23: augere et propagare imperium, Suet. Ner. 18: propagatae civitates, Vell. 1, 14, 1: sumptus cenarum, Gell. 2, 24, 15: notitiam Britanniae, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.—
    • B In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.: prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare, Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: haec posteritati propagantur, are transferred to posterity, id. Sest. 48, 102: meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae, has preserved the State for many centuries, id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: vitam aucupio, to prolong, preserve, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: memoriam aeternam alicui, Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11: hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur, Lact. 2, 12, 21.—
    • C To add as an appendix or extension, in writing: Carum cum liberis, i.e. the life of, Vop. 24, 8.
prō̆pāgo (prŏ-, Lucr. 1, 42; Verg. A. 6, 870; Ov. M. 2, 38: prō-, Verg. G. 2, 26), ĭnis, f. (m., Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13) [1. propago].
  • I Lit.
      • 1 A set, layer of a plant, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Col. Arb. 7, 2: arbores aut semine proveniunt, aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, aut avulsione, aut surculo, aut insito et consecto arboris trunco, Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—
      • 2 Of any slip or shoot that may be used for propagating: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos non succidet, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13; Hor. Epod. 2, 9; Vulg. Gen. 40, 10.—
  • II Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.), Lucr. 5, 1027: Memmi clara, id. 1, 42: alipedis de stirpe dei versuta propago, Ov. M. 11, 312: Romana, Verg. A. 6, 871: vera, Ov. M. 2, 38; cf. id. ib. 1, 160: blanda catulorum, Lucr. 4, 997.—In prose: aliorum ejus liberorum propago Liciniani sunt cognominati, Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62: clarorum virorum propagines, descendants, posterity, Nep. Att. 18, 2.

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