procurro

prō-curro, cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 3, v. n., to run forth, rush forwards.

I.

Lit. (class.), freq. of armies:

si Romani ferocius procucurrissent,

Liv. 25, 11:

infestis pilis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

in proximum tumulum,

id. B. G. 6 39:

ad repellendum, et prosequendum hostem,

id. B. C. 2, 8:

longius,

to rush farther on, Verg. A. 9, 690:

adversos telum contorsit in hostes Procurrens,

id. ib. 12, 267.—Of animals:

qui et procurrentem (bovem) retrahat et cunctantem producat,

Col. 6, 2, 9; 7, 3, 26.—

B.

Transf.

1.

Of locality, to run or jut out, to extend, project ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

infelix saxis in procurrentibus haesit,

Verg. A. 5, 204:

terra procurrit in aequor,

Ov. F. 4, 419:

mons procurrit in occidentem,

Col. 6, 27, 7:

procurrens per medium Euxinum promontorium,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86:

Clupea procurrit a Punico litore,

Flor. 2, 2, 19; Curt. 5, 4, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 11.—

2.

Of plants, to extend:

radix in longitudinem procurrens,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130.—

3.

Of money, to increase:

in ipso procurrentis pecuniae impetu raptus,

Sen. Ep. 101, 4.—

* II.

Trop., to go on, advance:

ut productus studio, ultra facile procurras,

that you may advance beyond it, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60.