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prōpulsor one that wards off; drives back prōpulsus prōpulsus a driving on; forth; propulsion; impulse prō-pungo v. a. to prick; puncture in front prō-purgo v. a. to cleanse beforehand prŏpўlaeum a gateway; entrance;; the Propylœum prō-quaestōre a magistrate; who; after administering the quœstorship at Rome; was associated … prōquam prō-quĭrīto v. a. to cry out; exclaim in public; to publish; proclaim prōra The forepart of a ship; the prow; the lookout stationed at the prow; my intenti… prō-rēpo v. n. to creep forth; crawl out; come out; To creep along; crawl forwards prōrēta the lookout man at the prow; the under-pilot prōreus the lookout man at the prow; under-pilot prōrĭga a stable-boy; an attendant employed in breeding horses prō-rĭpĭo v. a. To drag; snatch forth; se; to rush out; to hasten prōris prō-rīto v. a. To provoke; cause; produce by irritation; to incite; entice prōrŏgātĭo A prolonging; extension; A putting off; deferring prōrŏgātīvus adj. admitting of delay; prorogative prōrŏgātor one that pays; gives out; a dispenser prō-rŏgo v. a. To prolong; continue; extend; protract; To keep for a long time Prorsa the goddess presiding over births with the head foremost prorsum adv. Forwards; Straight on; right onwards; directly; straightforwards prorsus adv. Forwards; Straight on; right onwards; directly; Straightway prorsus adj. Straightforwards; right onwards; straight; direct; prosaic prō-rumpo v. a. and n. to thrust; cast forth; to cause to break; burst; rush forth prō-rŭo v. a. and n. to cast; tear down in front; to pull down; throw down; hurl to the ground prō-ruptĭo a breaking; rushing forth; an eruption prōruptor one that breaks forth; sallies out prōruptus prōrŭtus prōsa prōsăĭcus adj. Prosaic; in prose; Subst; a prose writer; prosaist prōsa ōrātĭo prōsāpĭa a stock; race; family prŏsăpŏdŏsis a figure of speech prōsārĭus adj. belonging to prose; prosaic prōsător an ancestor prōsatrix an ancestress prōsătus proscaenĭum The place before the scene where the actors appeared; the proscenium;; the stag… proschŏlus an under-teacher; under-master; in lemm prō-scindo v. a. to tear open in front; to rend; split; cleave; cut up prōscissĭo the first ploughing; a breaking up prōscissus prō-scrībo v. a. to write before; in front of; to write over; upon; to inscribe prōscriptĭo A written public notice; an advertisement; Proscription; outlawry; confiscation prō-scriptor one who proscribes; oullaws; adj; proscriptive prōscriptūra proscription; outlawry prōscriptŭrĭo v. desider. n; to desire; long to proscribe prōscriptus prō-sĕco v. a. to cut off from before; cut away; off; to cut up; break up prō-sĕcro v. n. to sacrifice prōsecta prōsectĭo a cutting off; amputation prōsector one who cuts in pieces; a cutter up; an anatomist prōsectum prōsectus prōsectus a cutting; slashing; a cut; stroke prōsĕcūtĭo a following; accompanying on the way; attendance; A following with words; an ho… prōsĕcūtor an accompanier; companion; an attendant prōsĕcūtōrĭa a letter relating to taking something in charge; a letter of authorization prōsĕcūtus prō-sĕda a common prostitute prosedămum Prŏsĕlēnus older than the moon prŏsēlўtus come from abroad; foreign; strange; subst; A sojourner prō-sēmĭnātor a sower;; a disseminator prō-sēmĭno v. a. to sow; scatter about; to disseminate; propagate prō-sentĭo v. a. to perceive beforehand prōsĕquĭum attendance prō-sĕquor v. dep. a. to follow; to accompany; attend; to follow after; pursue; to follow after prō-sĕro v. a. to bring forth; produce by sowing; to beget; bring forth; produce prō-sĕro v. a. to stretch forth; extend Prō^serpĭna Proserpine; daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; and wife of Pluto; who seized her as… prōserpĭnāca a plant; also called prōserpĭnālis adj. belonging to Proserpine prō-serpo v. n. to creep forwards; forth; to creep; crawl along; to come forth imperceptibly prŏseucha a place for prayer; an oratory prosferari prosicĭae prōsĭcĭes the flesh cut off for sacrifice pro-sĭdens sitting before prō-sĭlĭo v. n. to leap; spring forth; to spring up; to spring; burst forth prō-sistens standing out; projecting prōsĭtus proslambănŏmĕnos the note; in music prō-sŏcer a wife's grandfather prō-sō^crus a wife's grandmother prŏsōdĭa the tone; accent prŏsōdĭăcus adj. prosodial; prosodiac prŏsōpis a plant Prŏsōpītes a district of the Delta in Egypt prŏsōpon a kind of herb; wild-poppy prŏsōpŏpoeĭa Personification; A dramatizing prŏsōpŏpoeĭcus adj. belonging to personification; personifying prospectē adv. prospectīvus adj. belonging to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; prospective prospecto v. freq. a. to look forth upon; look out; to look at; view; behold; see afar off prospector one who looks out; one that foresees; one that arranges beforehand; a provider