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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la prō-, ine-pro *h₁ey-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ˈproː.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōdeō''' (present infinitive prōdīre, perfect active prōdiī or prōdīvī, supine prōditum); irregular conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)
+ Ennius has the lengthened present ''prōdīnunt'' for ''prōdeunt''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ Lactantius has the future ''prōdient''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed [[af|la|prō-|eō|t1=forward|t2=to go]], with a linking ⟨-d-⟩ as in [[m|la|redeō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|eō]] to [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus, ''Menaechmi'': ''nōs prōdīmus ad forum'', “we're going on to the forum”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is to go or come forward, and especially to come out of a house, or to come to the door (Plautus).^(OLD 2012) Things too come forth, as Varro's produce comes out for use at its last stage, and time goes forward, as in Petronius' ''prōdeuntibus annīs'', “as the years advance”.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively a habit or process advances (Cicero).^(OLD 2012) With ''in cōnspectum'' or ''in pūblicum'' it is to appear in public, as Plautus' ''nōn tē pudet prōdīre in cōnspectum meum?'', “aren't you ashamed to come into my sight?”, and with a predicate to appear in a certain dress (Cicero: that we may appear in military cloaks).^(OLD 2012) It also means to go out for a purpose, as to a funeral (Terence).^(OLD 2012)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “come or go forth, come out”.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of going to the forum and coming out of doors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of going out to a funeral.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a habit spreading.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 66 AD – Petronius: ''prōdeuntibus annīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To go or come forward, [[m|en|advance]], [[m|en|proceed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # To come out (of a house); ''(of things)'' to emerge.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To appear (in public).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To go out (for a purpose).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[eō]]
+ * [[redeō]]
+ * [[prōcēdō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}