prō-tēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [telum], to drive forth or forwards, to drive away, put to flight, repulse, remove (only ante- and post-class.).
I Lit.: protelare longe propellere, ex Graeco videlicet τῆλε, quod significat longe, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.: equites, Sisenn. ap. Non. 363, 18: Romanos impetu suo protelant, id. ib. 363, 4: aliquem patriā, Turp. ib. 363, 16 (Com. Rel. p. 83 Rib.): aliquem saevidicis dictis, Ter. Phorm. 214: hanc cladem de vestris manibus, Ap. Met. 8, 18, 13; Bip. —
II Transf.
A To prolong , put off , protract , delay , defer : diem cautionis, Dig. 39, 2, 4: admonitionem, ib. 5, 1, 2 fin. : litem invito judice, Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13: annis quadraginta sexcenta milia hominum protelavit, prolonged , i. e. preserved their lives , Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 21: protelentur dies in terrā possessionis vestrae, Vulg. Deut. 5, 33. —
B To lead or bring anywhere: aliquem in portum divinae clementiae, Tert. Poen. 4: ignorantiam in occasionem, id. Spect. 1.