proruo Latin · revision 32737

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *h₃reu-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.ru.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.ru.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōruō''' (present infinitive prōruere, perfect active prōruī, supine prōrutum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|ruō|t2=to rush; to fall]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it under [[m|la|ruō|t=to rush]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*rowe/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃reu-e/o-|t=to run, hurry]], comparing [[grc|ὀρούω|tr=oroúō|t=to hurry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of grain that can easily be thrust forward onto the threshing floor.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Transitively it is to hurl or thrust forward, and to make something fall forward or collapse: Caesar has fortifications pulled down and a rampart thrown down.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace uses it of the Roman people overthrowing a victor.^(OLD 2012) Intransitively it is to rush forward, as of troops in Frontinus, and to collapse: Vitruvius has monuments falling down when their rubble has lost its moisture.^(OLD 2012) Glosses explain it as falling and as driving out.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of grain thrust forward.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of fortifications pulled down.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of overthrowing a victor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of collapsing monuments.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To hurl or thrust forward.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rush forward; to fall upon an enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pull down, [[m|en|demolish]], overturn; to [[m|en|overthrow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To fall forward, collapse, tumble down.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ruo|alt=ruō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}