prorsum

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

prorsum (collat. form prōsum, like prosus=prorsus, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 6 Ritschl), adv. [pro-versum].

I Forwards (poet.): neque prorsum iniit, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 32: cursari rursum prorsum, to and fro , Ter. Hec. 315.—

II Straight on , right onwards , directly (ante-class.): simulato, quasi eas prorsum in navem, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 5; id. Mil. 4, 4, 56 Ritschl.—

B Trop., straightforwards , without ceremony , i. e. wholly , absolutely , at all (ante- and post-class.): prorsum perit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 3: prorsum quodcumque videbat fecisse, Cato ap. Charis. p. 189 P.: praedones prorsum parcunt nemini, Plaut. Cae. fr. 5: prorsum credebam nemini, id. Pers. 4, 3, 8: prorsum nihil intellego, Ter. Heaut. 776; cf. id. Eun. 332: irritatus, Gell. 17, 3, 3.

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