prō-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (archaic produit for prodiderit, = porro dederit, porticum sartam tectamque habeto, prodito, Lex Censor. ap. Fest. p. 229, 17 Müll.; pres. part. abl. sing. prodente, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31), v. a.
I To give , put , or bring forth (class.; syn. edo, profero, promo): prodit fumoso con dita vina cado, Ov. F. 5, 518: suspiria pectore, id. M. 1, 656: hydraulam et choraulam, to show , Suet. Ner. 54: exemplum tur pe, to give a bad example , Vell. 2, 119, 4: perniciosum exemplum, Cic. Fl. 11, 25: prodendi exempli causā, of setting an example , Liv. 1, 11, 7.—
B In partic.
1 To bring forth , bear , produce (poet.): parvā prodite patriā, Att. ap. Ap. Deo Socr. p. 55: quae tam festa dies ut cesset prodere furem, Perfidiam, fraudes, Juv. 13, 23.—
2 To put forth in writing , i. e. to publish , make known , relate , report , record : cum decretum proditur, lex veri rectique proditur, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 9, 27: Procilius non idem prodidit, quod Piso, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148: ea, quae scriptores Graeciae prodiderunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: haec monumenta nobis litterae prodiderunt, id. Planc. 39, 94: Thucydides ossa ejus clam ab amicis esse sepulta, memoriae prodidit, has handed down to memory , i. e. has recorded , Nep. Them. 10, 5: hujus bella gesta multi memoriae prodiderunt, id. Hann. 13, 3: ut produnt, as they say . Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33: prodere aliquid memoriā, to put forth from memory , i. e. to record , relate : quos natos in insulā ipsā, memoriā proditum dicunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: ut quod proditum memoriā est, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—Esp., to publish , proclaim any one as appointed to an office, i. e. to appoint , elect , create a public officer of any kind (syn.: creo, designo): cum populo agendi jus esto ei, quem produnt patres consulum creandorum ergo, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10; flaminem, id. Mil. 17, 46: interregem, id. Dom. 14, 38: dictatorem, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 18; to make known , disclose , discover , betray , Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75: homine prodente conscios, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: crimen vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: tamquam prodiderim quidquid scio, Juv. 9, 97: arcanum, id. 9, 115.—
3 To betray perfidiously , surrender treacherously : si Brutum prodideritis, et deserueritis, Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 7: is me deseruit ac prodidit, id. Fl. 33, 81; id. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84: prodebas caput et salutem meam, id. Pis. 24, 56: classem praedonibus, id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: hosti rempublicam, Sall. J. 31, 18: patriam, Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—
4 To give up , surrender , abandon : rem summam, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 411 Vahl.): suam vitam, et Pecuniam omnem, Ter. Heaut. 479.—
II To extend , permit to go farther.
A To put off , defer (anteclass.), Fest. p. 242 Müll.—
B To prolong , = produco, de mendico male meretur qui ei dat quod edit, nam illi prodit vitam ad miseriam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58 sq.—
C To hand down , transmit , bequeath (class.): qui sacra suis posteris prodiderunt, Cic. Mil. 30, 83: jus imaginis ad memoriam posteritatemque prodendae, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36: regnum a Tantalo proditum, id. Off. 3, 21, 84.—
D To propagate (poet.): qui genus alto a sanguine Teucri Proderet, Verg. A. 4, 230.