prō-flīgo Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop.A. To overthrow, ruin, destroyB. To overwhelm, crush in spiritC. To bring almost to an end, to almost finish ...A. Wretched, miserable, vileB. In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute ...C. Of time, advanced ⓘprōflīgāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprōflīgātē: adverbial • prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno). I. Lit.: inimicos profligare, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75: copias hostium, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37: classem hostium, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: hostes, Nep. Dat. 6, 8: proelia, i. e. the warriors, Tac. A. 14, 36: aciem virorum, Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.— II. Trop. A. To overthrow, ruin, destroy: rem publicam, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3: tantas opes, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3: undique se suosque profligante fortunā, Liv. 33, 19: valetudinem, Gell. 19, 5, 2.— B. To overwhelm, crush in spirit: quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.— C. To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch: bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere, Liv. 21, 40, 11: profligato fere Samnitium bello, id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11: profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2: profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est, id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: omnia ad perniciem profligata, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse, that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9: profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus, Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2: profligatis in Africā rebus, Just. 22, 8, 1: victoriam, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2: quantum profligatum sit, how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a. A. Wretched, miserable, vile (class.; syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.— B. In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.): tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65: homines, id. Arch. 6, 14: omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: profligatissimus quisque, Suet. Tib. 35.— C. Of time, advanced (post-Aug.): profligatae aetatis (homo), Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.: in profligato esse, to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.
prōflīgō Copy link Outline 1 abattre, renverser, terrasser : abattre l'armée ennemie, la flotte ennemie || causer ...2 [fig.] porter un coup décisif à une chose, en décider l'issue, rendre ... ⓘprōflīgāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprōflīgātē: adverbial • 1 prōflīgō, āvī, ātum, āre (pro, fligere), tr., 1. abattre, renverser, terrasser : aciem hostium, classem hostium Cic. Rab. Post. 42 ; Cæs. C. 2, 32, abattre l'armée ennemie, la flotte ennemie || rem publicam Cic. de Or. 3, 3, causer la ruine de l'État, cf. Nep. Pel. 2, 3 || mærore adflictus et profligatus Cic. Cat. 2, 2, abattu et terrassé par le chagrin 2. [fig.] porter un coup décisif à une chose, en décider l'issue, rendre sa fin imminente [cf. Gell. 15, 5] : profligato bello ac pæne sublato Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2, la guerre ayant reçu un coup mortel et se trouvant près de sa fin ; profligata et pæne ad exitum adducta quæstio Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, question bien avancée et presque résolue ; oportet ab eodem illa omnia, a quo profligata sunt, confici velle Cic. Prov. 35, il importe de vouloir que l'homme qui a mené si avant toute cette œuvre, l'achève ; bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere Liv. 21, 40, 11, achever une guerre engagée et proche de l'issue ; prœlia profligare Tac. Ann. 14, 36, mener les combats au point décisif.
prōflīgō Copy link ⓘprōflīgāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprōflīgātē: adverbial • 2 prōflīgō, flīctus, ĕre, abattre, ruiner : proflictæ res Gell. 15, 5, 2, affaires ruinées.
profligo Copy link ⓘprōflīgāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprōflīgātē: adverbial PROFLIGO ere. Inde
profligo Copy link ⓘprōflīgāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plprōflīgātē: adverbial PROFLÎGO âre. [κατακόπτω] Deiicere, depellere, deperdere, et ad perniciem deducere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
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profligate (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. perdĭtus (abandoned)2. flāgĭtiōsus (characterized by all kinds of disgraceful living)3. nēquam, indecl. (good for nothing, vicious)4. prōflīgātus (rare) • profligate (adj.): 1. perdĭtus (abandoned): a p. and dissolute youth, adolescens p. ac dissolutus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55. Join: contaminatus, perditus, flagitiosus, id. Verr. 3, 58, 134. 2. flāgĭtiōsus (characterized by all kinds of disgraceful living): Join: vitiosa et flagitiosa [vita], id. Fin. 2, 28, 93; flagitiosissimus, libidinosissimus, nequissimus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, 192. 3. nēquam, indecl. (good for nothing, vicious): cf. supr. 4. prōflīgātus (rare): Cic. Verr. 3, 26, 65 (tu, omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime): id. Arch. 6, 14. Phr.: an utterly p. life, vita vitiis flagitiisque dedita, id. R. Am. 13, fin.; *vita omni nequitia infamis.
profligate Copy link • profligate: nĕpos, ōtis (spendthrift, reckless liver): Cic.: Hor.: v. prodigal.
PROFLIGATE Copy link • PROFLIGATEperditus (lost to all sense of virtue, hopelessly corrupt): profligatus (abandoned); (The words are found in this connection and order.) profligatus et perditus: sceleratus, scelerosus (vicious, wicked). The most profligate of men, profligatissimus omnium mortalium et perditissimus: to lead a profligate life, voluptatibus se dedere or se tradere, servire, deditum esse.