prorepo

prō-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep forth, crawl out, come out in a gradual or unobserved manner ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Lit.:

(formica) non usquam prorepit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 37:

cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris,

id. ib. 1, 3, 99:

cochleae prorepunt e cavis terrae,

Plin. 8, 39, 59, § 140:

aegri quoque ad conspectum tui prorepere,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3.—

II.

Transf.

A.

To creep along, crawl forwards to a place:

rumore caedis exterritus prorepsit ad solarium proximum,

Suet. Claud. 10.—

B.

Of inanimate subjects, to come forth gradually, to put forth, to ooze out, exude, of the vine:

prorepentes oculi,

Col. 11, 2, 38; 3, 10, 3:

pampinus e duro prorepsit,

id. 4, 22, 4:

tardaque sudanti prorepunt balsama ligno, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 96: ne palmites libero excursu in luxuriam prorepant,

Col. 5, 5, 13:

umor lente prorepit,

gradually flows off, id. 2, 16, 5:

nervus prorepit usque ad ultimam partem caudae,

extends, id. 7, 12, 14.