promico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prō-mĭco, āre, v. n. and a.

I Neutr. , to gleam forth; transf., to spring forth , start forth (post-class.): promicant molles plumulae, i. e. grow out , Ap. Met. 3, 21, 18; rosae, id. ib. 10, 29, 12; lacrimae, burst or gush forth , id. ib. 3, 10, 10.—

II Act. , to throw out , deliver with vehemence : orationem, Naev. ap. Non. 65, 6 (promicare extendere et porro jacere, Non.).