protollo

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

prō-tollo, ĕre, v. a.

I To stretch forth or out , to bring forth (ante- and post-class.): manum, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 71: Pleiadas, Avien. Arat. 567.—

II Trop.

1 To prolong , protract , put off , defer , Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 23: vitam in crastinum, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 43: mortem sibi, id. ib. 2, 8, 11: feturam mulierum non ultra decimum mensem, Gell. 3, 16, 15.—

2 To elevate , raise : vox a minore solita ad majorem protolli, Amm. 31, 7, 11.