prō-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a. and n.
I Act. , to thrust or cast forth , to cause to break , burst , or rush forth , to send forth : (Aetna) atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, Verg. A. 3, 572: proruptus pons, broken down , Tac. H. 1, 86 (al. proruto).—With se , to burst forth , dash forth : cerva in fugam sese prorupit, Gell. 15, 22, 6.—Mid.: prorumpi, to rush or burst forth : hinc prorumpitur in mare venti vis, Lucr. 6, 436: mare proruptum, Verg. A. 1, 246: proruptum exundat pelagus, Sil. 3, 51: proruptus corpore sudor, Verg. A. 7, 459: prorupto sanguine, Stat. Th. 2, 626.—
II Neutr. , to rush or break forth , to burst out.
A Lit.: per medios audacissime proruperunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 15: in hostes, Verg. A. 10, 379: obsessi omnibus portis prorumpunt, Tac. H. 4, 34. —
2 Transf., of things, to break out , break or burst forth , make its appearance : cum diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumperent, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5: vis morbi in unum intestinum prorupit, Nep. Att. 21, 3: incendium proruperat, a fire had broken out , Tac. A. 15, 40: stercora, Vulg. Judic. 3, 22: prorumpit in auras vox, Sil. 3, 699: nihil prorupit, quo conjuratio intellegeretur, became known , Tac. H. 4, 55.—
B Trop., to break out , burst forth : illa pestis prorumpet, Cic. Mur. 39, 85: eo prorumpere hominum cupiditatem, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12: in bellum, to break out , Just. 24, 1, 1: in scelera ac dedecora, Tac. A. 6, 51: ad minas, to break out into threats , id. ib. 11, 35: ad quod victo silentio prorupit reus, at which he broke silence and burst forth , id. ib. 11, 2; 12, 54; 13, 12.