prostrate (v.) Copy link Outline I. To throw down and level with the ground1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (esp. poet.)2. dējĭcio, 3II. As verb refl., to prostrate oneself; throw oneself on the ground, esp. in token of humiliationIII. To break down the strength of1. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to strike down)2. dēbĭlĭto, 1 (to disable, unnerve, render helpless)3. expr. to be p.d, by jăceo, ui, 2 • prostrate (v.): I. To throw down and level with the ground: 1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (esp. poet.): to p. men in slaughter, viros caede s., Virg. Aen. 10, 119: Tib.: Liv. 2. dējĭcio, 3: v. to cast down. II. As verb refl., to prostrate oneself; throw oneself on the ground, esp. in token of humiliation: Phr.: to p. oneself at any one's feet, se ad pedes alicujus projicere, Cic. Sext. 11, fin.; prosternere (stronger), id. Ph. 2, 18, 45; alicui se ad pedes provolvere (more properly, of the action of a number of persons), Liv. 6, 3, ad init. (so, ad genua consulis provolvuntur, id. 34, 11, med.); procumbere alicui ad pedes, Caes. B. G. 7, 15 (so, ad genua alicujus, Liv. 25, 7, init.; genibus, Ov. Met. 13, 585); ad pedes alicujus procidere (rare), Hor. Epod. 17, 13 (somewhat differently, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 6, ad pedes omnium singulatim accidente Clodio, i. e. he goes down on his knees before each; whereas procidere is to fall flat on the ground; so, ad genua alicui accidere, Suet. Caes. 20). to p. oneself at another's knees (also), genibus alicujus advolvi, Vell. 2, 80: Liv. See also foll. art. III. To break down the strength of: 1. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to strike down): to p. the mind and paralyse it with fear, animos a. et debilitare metu, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34. Join: (also), enervare et affligere, id. Sen. 10, 32. 2. dēbĭlĭto, 1 (to disable, unnerve, render helpless): crushed and p.d with fear, fractus ac debilitatus metu, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121 (cf. afflictus, debilitatus, moerens, ib. 2, 47, 195): Virg. 3. expr. to be p.d, by jăceo, ui, 2: my brother is perfectly p.d with grief, jacet in moerore meus frater, Cic. Att. 10, 4.