prorogo

prō-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

To prolong, continue, extend, protract (class.;

syn.: propago, produco): ne quinquennii imperium Caesari prorogaretur,

should not be prolonged, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

provinciam,

id. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 2, 1:

ne quid temporis nobis prorogetur (in the province),

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

imperium,

Liv. 26, 1:

imperium in insequentem annum,

id. 9, 42, 2; 10, 22, 9:

spatium praeturae in alterum annum,

Front. Aquaed. 7:

spem militi in alium diem,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 57:

vitae spatium,

Tac. A. 3, 51 fin.:

moras in hiemes,

Plin. 16, 22, 34, § 83:

memoriam alicujus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 5:

nominis famam,

id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—

B.

Transf.

1.

To keep for a long time, to preserve, continue ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

divinis condimentis utere, quī prorogare vitam possis hominibus,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 38:

alterum in lustrum, meliusque semper Proroget aevum,

Hor. C. S. 67:

spiritum homini,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; Sen. Ep. 101, 10:

conditum prorogatur,

Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79.—

2.

To put off, defer (class.):

dies ad solvendum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74:

diem mortis,

Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6.—

II.

To pay down beforehand, to advance (post-class.):

vel prorogante eo, vel repromittente,

Dig. 40, 1, 4, § 1:

si ei nummos prorogavit emptor,

ib. 40, 1, 4, § 5:

pensionem integram,

ib. 19, 2, 19, § 6.—

III.

To propagate, perpetuale (post-class.):

prorogata familia,

Val. Max. 3, 4, 6:

sobolem,

Just. 2, 4, 21 (dub.; al. generandam).