prō-sterno Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop.1. To throw to the ground, to overthrow ...2. To prostitute, Suet. Caes. 2; id. Tib. 35 ... ⓘprōstrātē: adverbialprōstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • prō-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a., to strew in front of, to strew before one; also, to throw to the ground, throw down, overthrow, prostrate (syn.: fundo, profligo, provolvo). I. Lit.: eo prosternebant folia farferi, Plaut. Poen. 2, 31 (al. praesternebant): ceteros ruerem ... et prosternerem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21: pondere silvam, Ov. M. 8, 776: prostraturus humi corpus, Curt. 8, 5, 6; cf. Liv. 9, 6: se ad pedes alicujus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45; so, prosternere se et supplicare alicui, id. Planc. 20, 50: his auditis prostraverant se omnes humi, Liv. 45, 20, 9: hostem prostravit, fudit, occidit, Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27: hostem ferro, Sil. 7, 397: legio prosternitur latis arvis, Val. Fl. 6, 508: telo virum, id. ib. 3, 185: lapsu equi prostratus, Tac. H. 4, 34.— II. Trop. 1. To throw to the ground, to overthrow, subvert, ruin, destroy, etc. (freq. and class.): omnia cupiditate ac furore, Cic. Clu. 6, 15; 31, 70; cf.: jacet ille nunc prostratus, id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; and: afflicta ct prostrata virtus, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: malevolorum obtrectationes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: mores civitatis, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 113: carminum studium, Tac. Or 11: se prosternere, to demean or debase one's self, Cic. Par. 1, 14: prostrata est Philisthaea omnis, Vulg. Isa. 14, 31.— 2. To prostitute, Suet. Caes. 2; id. Tib. 35; id. Calig. 24; Just. 12, 7, 11; Arn. 2, 73 (in Plin Pan. 31 the true read. is praesterni).
prōsternō Copy link Outline 1 coucher en avant, jeter bas, renverser, terrasser : étendre qqn à terre ...2 [fig.] abattre, ruiner : il gît abattu ; cf. . sync. . ... ⓘprōstrātē: adverbialprōstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • prōsternō, strāvī, strātum, ĕre, tr., 1. coucher en avant, jeter bas, renverser, terrasser : aliquem Ter. Ad. 319, étendre qqn à terre ; humi corpus Curt. 8, 5, 6, ou se prosternere Cic. Phil. 2, 45 ; Planc. 50, se prosterner à terre, cf. Liv. 45, 20, 9 ; multam pondere silvam Ov. M. 8, 776, abattre sous son poids une grande partie de la forêt, cf. Cic. Mil. 85 || hostem Cic. Phil. 14, 27, terrasser les ennemis || prostituer [alicui, à qqn] : Suet. Cæs. 2 ; Tib. 35 ; Cal. 24 2. [fig.] abattre, ruiner : Cic. Clu. 15 ; 70 ; Plin. 36, 113 ; jacet prostratus Cic. Cat. 2, 2, il gît abattu ; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 42 ; Vat. 35. ➳ sync. prostrasse Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 33.
prosterno Copy link ⓘprōstrātē: adverbialprōstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg PROSTERNO strâui, strâtum, ere. [καταστρωμνύω, ἐδαφίζω] Sic sternere, vt aliquis porrectus iaceat. […] 🗁 Page Scan
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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.
prostrate (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits • prostrate (adj.): I. Lit.: expr. by verb: to lay p., sternere; to throw oneself p. on the ground, corpus humi prosternere (in Oriental fashion), Curt. 8, 5, ad init.: to lie p., jacēre: cf. Cic. Quint. 31, 96, quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus: v. to prostrate (I., II.). II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits: afflictus, fractus, dēbĭlĭtātus: v. to prostrate (III.). To lie p., jacēre: piety is vanquished and lies p., pietas victa jacet, Ov. Met. 1, 149: so with ref. to state of mind, Cic. Att. 7, 21 (Gnaeus noster totus jacet, is quite p.).
PROSTRATE Copy link • PROSTRATEv. Intransitively, ad pedes alicujus se abjicere, projicere, prosternere, provolvere; ad pedes alicui or ad genua alicujus procumbere; ad pedes alicujus procidere; ad pedes alicujus or genua alicui accidere; genibus alicujus advolvi; prosternere se et supplicare alicui (as supplicant). Transitively, Vid: THROW DOWN.