prorumpo

prō-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a. and n.

I.

Act., to thrust or cast forth, to cause to break, burst, or rush forth, to send forth:

(Aetna) atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem,

Verg. A. 3, 572:

proruptus pons,

broken down, Tac. H. 1, 86 (al. proruto).—With se, to burst forth, dash forth:

cerva in fugam sese prorupit,

Gell. 15, 22, 6.—Mid.: prorumpi, to rush or burst forth:

hinc prorumpitur in mare venti vis,

Lucr. 6, 436:

mare proruptum,

Verg. A. 1, 246:

proruptum exundat pelagus,

Sil. 3, 51:

proruptus corpore sudor,

Verg. A. 7, 459:

prorupto sanguine,

Stat. Th. 2, 626.—

II.

Neutr., to rush or break forth, to burst out.

A.

Lit.:

per medios audacissime proruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

in hostes,

Verg. A. 10, 379:

obsessi omnibus portis prorumpunt,

Tac. H. 4, 34. —

2.

Transf., of things, to break out, break or burst forth, make its appearance:

cum diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumperent,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5:

vis morbi in unum intestinum prorupit,

Nep. Att. 21, 3:

incendium proruperat,

a fire had broken out, Tac. A. 15, 40:

stercora,

Vulg. Judic. 3, 22:

prorumpit in auras vox,

Sil. 3, 699:

nihil prorupit, quo conjuratio intellegeretur,

became known, Tac. H. 4, 55.—

B.

Trop., to break out, burst forth:

illa pestis prorumpet,

Cic. Mur. 39, 85:

eo prorumpere hominum cupiditatem, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12:

in bellum,

to break out, Just. 24, 1, 1:

in scelera ac dedecora,

Tac. A. 6, 51:

ad minas,

to break out into threats, id. ib. 11, 35:

ad quod victo silentio prorupit reus,

at which he broke silence and burst forth, id. ib. 11, 2; 12, 54; 13, 12.