prō-sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3, v. a., to bring forth or produce by sowing.
I Lit. (poet.): segetem, Luc. 4, 411: fruges, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 1, 127.—
B Transf., in gen., to beget , bring forth , produce , generate (post-class.): Plato augustiore conceptu prosatus, sprung from , Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 1: placito dea prosata mundo, Sol. Fragm. in Anthol. Lat. t. 2, p. 384 Burm.; cf.: venti ex aëre prosati, Ap. de Mund. 12, p. 62, 25; Aus. Idyll. 7, 1; Prud. στεφ. 6, 46. —
II Trop., to produce (post-class.): ex artibus artes Proserere, Grat. Cyn. 9.