verb transitive

prō-trūdo

2nd PP prō-trūdere · 3rd PP prō-trūdsi · 4th PP prō-trūdsum · conj. 3rd

to thrust; push forwards; to thrust forth

to thrust or push forwards, to thrust forth, push out (class.; syn.: proturbo, propello).

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Lit.: moles protruditur, Lucr. 4, 891; 4, 246 and 280: cylindrum, Cic. Fat. 19, 43: is . . . domo atque nostrā familiā protruditur, Afran. ap. Don. Ter. 3, 4, 34 (Com. Rel. p. 174 Rib.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 121); so, protrudi penatibus, to be thrust out of doors, Amm. 29, 1, 21.—

to put off; defer figuratively •

Trop., of time, to put off, defer: comitia in Januarium mensem, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 3.

Perseus ID: n39180 Key: protrudo