proteare

proteare [CL Proteus+-are] , to cause to change (in form or appearance), to transform (refl. in quot.). b (pass. in middle sense) to change or transform oneself. tot se modis protheat, / ut modum non teneat. / nam lesurus lenit, / et mulcet, ut mulgeat P. Blois Carm. 25. 15; a portu pelagus placidum rex laudat, at inde / se levis irato protheat ore Thetis Garl. Tri. Eccl. 28. b mortis rex describitur, mystice formatur, / sed incerto Protei vultu proteatur Garl. Epith. II summa 10; heu! prŏtheatus homo, morum protheamine magno, fit fera, fit volucris, fit bestia, bellua, quivis Amund. II 222.

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