propugno

prō-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

I.

To rush out to fight, go forth to fight, to make sallies or sorties:

ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9; cf. id. ib. 2. 7; id. B. C. 2, 8.—

II.

To fight or contend for, to defend a thing (class.; syn.: tutor, defendo).

A.

Lit.:

uno tempore propugnare et munire,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

pro suo partu,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 79:

multos e muris propugnantes hastā transfixit,

Curt. 4, 4, 11. —

(β).

With dat. (post-class.):

propugnare fratri,

App. M. 9, p. 234, 28:

puero misello,

id. ib. 7, p. 200, 13.—

B.

Trop.:

pro aequitate,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 62:

pro salute,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 2.—With acc. (post-Aug.), to defend:

absentiam suam,

Suet. Caes. 23:

dum quae libidine deliquerant, ambitu propugnant,

Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.; 15, 13:

pectora parmā,

Stat. Th. 2. 584; 4, 110.