burst forth Copy link Outline 1. ērumpo, 3 (sometimes with pron. reflect.)2. prōrumpo, 33. prōsĭlĭo, 4 (to start out) • burst forth or out (intr.): 1. ērumpo, 3 (sometimes with pron. reflect.): to b. forth from a camp, ex castris e., Caes.: they b. forth from the gates, portis se foras e., Caes.: fires b. out from the top of Etna, ignes ex Aetnae vertice e., Virg. Fig.: his rage b. forth, furor erupit, Cic.: his passion b. out against the ships, in naves iracundia erupit, Caes. 2. prōrumpo, 3: they b. out through the centre, per medios proruperunt, Caes.: to b. out from the gates, portis p., Tac.: the tears, long restrained, b. forth, diu cohibitae lacrimae proruperunt, Plin. 3. prōsĭlĭo, 4 (to start out): tears b. forth, p. lacrimae, Mart. Phr.: to b. out laughing, cachinnum tollere, Cic. (v. to laugh); in cachinnos effundi, Suet.: v. also, to burst (B. 1): v. to break out.