prolong Copy link Outline 1. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to carry on something for a length of time)2. propāgo, 1 (to cause to continue)3. prōrŏgo, 1 (esp. to p. a period of command4. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3. to p. revels till mid-night, ad medias noctes comissationes ex., Suet. Tit. 7 • prolong: 1. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to carry on something for a length of time): to p. a banquet till late in the night, convivium ad multam noctem p., Cic. Sen. 14, 46: Hor. Also, simple verb, duco, 3: Caes.: Cic.: v. to protract. 2. propāgo, 1 (to cause to continue): to p. the existence of the commonwealth for many ages, multa secula reipublicae p., Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11: to p. a command for a year, imperium in annum p., Liv. 23, 25, extr. 3. prōrŏgo, 1 (esp. to p. a period of command: the technical word): to p. Caesar's command, imperium Caesari p., Cic. Ph. 2, 10, 24: Front. Also in gen. sense: the planet Venus p.s the daylight, Veneris sidus lucem p., Plin. 2, 8, 6 § 36. Join: prorogare et extendere, Plin. alt. 4. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3. to p. revels till mid-night, ad medias noctes comissationes ex., Suet. Tit. 7: Liv. (Proferre = to postpone: in Cic. Fin. 3, extr., pertulisset appears to be the true reading.) (N.B.--No such word as prolongo.)