dē-prōmo, prompsi (-msi), promptum (-mtum), 3, v. a., to draw out, draw forth; to bring, to fetch from anywhere, esp. out of any place (rare but class.).—Constr., usu. abl. w. ex or de of things, with a of persons; poet. and late Lat. with abl. alone, but domo depromere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155.
I Lit.: pecuniam ex arca, Cic. Off. 2, 15; cf.: pecuniam ex aerario, id. de imp. Pomp. 13, 37, and v. infra, no. II.: tela pharetris, Verg. A. 5, 501; cf. 11, 590: gramina loculis, Ov. F. 6, 749: Caecubum cellis, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 5: cibum servis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 104; cf. id. Curc. 2, 2, 1; id. Truc. 3, 1, 2: merum Sabinā diotā, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 7: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim, id. Ep. 1, 1, 12.—
B Transf., comic.: e promptuaria cella depromi ad flagrum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4.—
II Trop.: e quibus locis, quasi thesauris argumenta depromerentur, Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin. ; so with ex , id. de Or. 1, 46; id. Clu. 21, 58; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15 al.: juris utilitatem vel a peritis vel de libris, id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.: de jure civili depromptum, id. ib. 1, 57, 244; c. abl. alone: sinu vires, Val. Fl. 7, 450.