promote Copy link Outline I. To advance to honour1. prōvĕho, xi, ctum, 32. prōmŏveo, mōvi, tum., 2 (not so used in time of Cic.)II. To further, aid, jŭvo, adjŭvo, prōsumIII. To conduce to • promote: I. To advance to honour: 1. prōvĕho, xi, ctum, 3: would your merit have p.d you to any honour? ecquo te tua virtus provexisset? Cic. Ph. 13, 11, 24: so., ad [amplissimos] honores p., Suet. Caes. 72: Plin. min. 2. prōmŏveo, mōvi, tum., 2 (not so used in time of Cic.): to p. any one to a higher rank, aliquem in ampliorem gradum pr., Suet. Oth. 1: Plin. min. (N.B.--Neither of the above should be used absol., but foll. by ad honorem, etc.) Phr.: to p. friends to the highest honours, (amicos) ad amplissimos honores perducere, Cic. Am. 20, 73 (= secure their advancement): I cannot deny that Hirtius was p.d to honour by Caesar, negare non possum a Caesare Hirtium ornatum, id. Ph. 13, 11, 24: to be p.d from the ranks to be a general, *ex gregario milite (manipulari) ducem fieri: to be p.d from the ranks to the supreme command, *per omnes honorum gradus ad summam imperii evehi, ascendere. II. To further, aid, jŭvo, adjŭvo, prōsum: v. to aid, assist. Phr.: to seek to p. the good of one's fellow-citizens, civibus consulere, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85; utilitatem civium tueri, ib.: to seek to p. the arts, artes fovere, Suet. Vesp. 18. See also to devote (oneself); study. III. To conduce to: expr. by făcio, prōsum: v. good (adj. II., fin.).