porrĭcĭo (porĭ-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. a. [old prep. port (v. pōno) and root ric-, to extend; cf. rica, a flowing veil].
I Lit., to lay before , to offer sacrifice to the gods : exta porriciunto, diis danto in altaria, Veran. ap. Macr. S. 3, 2: atrocia porriciunt exta ministratores, Naev. ap. Non. 76, 6; Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 32: cruda exta in mare porricit, Liv. 29, 27; cf.: extaque salsos Porriciam in fluctus, Verg. A. 5, 238 and 776; Fenest. ap. Non. 154, 21.—Prov.: inter caesa et porrecta ut aiunt, between the slaying and the offering of the victim , i. e. at the last moment , at the eleventh hour , Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—*
II Transf., apart from relig. lang., to bring forth , produce any thing: seges frumentum porricit, Varr. R. R. 1, 29 fin.