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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la rogō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈproː.rɔ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈprɔː.ro.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōrogō''' (present infinitive prōrogāre, perfect active prōrogāvī, supine prōrogātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prō-|rogō|t2=to ask, propose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of prolonging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to extend a term of office, as in Cicero's ''imperium alicui prōrogāre'' “to prolong someone's command”; to prolong, keep going, as in Plautus; to put off, postpone; and in Ulpian to advance money from one account to another.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to defer, put off, prolong.^(Stelten 1995) English ''prorogue'' (early 15th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of extending a command.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''prorogue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To extend (a term of office).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|prolong]], continue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To [[m|en|postpone]], defer.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # To advance (money).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[prōrogātiō]]
+ * [[prōrogātīvus]]
+ * [[prōrogātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abrogō]]
+ * [[arrogō]]
+ * [[corrogō]]
+ * [[dērogō]]
+ * [[ērogō]]
+ * [[interrogō]]
+ * [[irrogō]]
+ * [[obrogō]]
+ * [[perrogō]]
+ * [[praerogō]]
+ * [[rogō]]
+ * [[en|prorogue]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Lewis & Short give ''prōpāgō'' and ''prōdūcō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}