protelo

prō-tēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [telum], to drive forth or forwards, to drive away, put to flight, repulse, remove (only ante- and post-class.).

I.

Lit.: protelare longe propellere, ex Graeco videlicet têle, quod significat longe, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.: equites, Sisenn. ap. Non. 363, 18:

Romanos impetu suo protelant,

id. ib. 363, 4:

aliquem patriā,

Turp. ib. 363, 16 (Com. Rel. p. 83 Rib.):

aliquem saevidicis dictis,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:

hanc cladem de vestris manibus,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 36; p. 178 Bip. —

II.

Transf.

A.

To prolong, put off, protract, delay, defer:

diem cautionis,

Dig. 39, 2, 4:

admonitionem,

ib. 5, 1, 2 fin.:

litem invito judice,

Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13: annis quadraginta sexcenta milia hominum protelavit, prolonged, i. e. preserved their lives, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 21:

protelentur dies in terrā possessionis vestrae,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 33. —

B.

To lead or bring anywhere:

aliquem in portum divinae clementiae,

Tert. Poen. 4:

ignorantiam in occasionem,

id. Spect. 1.