proveho

prō-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry or conduct forwards, to carry or convey along, to conduct, convey, transport, etc., to a place; and freq. pass. in mid. signif., to go, proceed, advance, move, drive, ride, sail, etc., to a place (freq. and class.).

I.

Lit.:

eam pol provexi: avehere non quivi,

I took her on board the ship, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 24:

alvos apum mulis,

Plin. 21, 13, 43, § 74:

aër a tergo quasi provehat atque propellat,

Lucr. 6, 1026.—Mid.:

cum classe freto provehi,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3; id. B. G. 5, 8:

provehimur portu,

Verg. A. 3, 72:

huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt,

id. ib. 2, 24; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199:

provectus equo,

Liv. 23, 47:

a terrā provectae naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

naves provectae in altum,

id. B. G. 4, 28 fin. —

II.

Trop., to carry on, along, or forwards, to lead on; to promote, advance, exalt, raise:

ecquo te tua virtus provexisset?

promoted, exalted, Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24:

ad summos honores alios scientia juris provexit,

Liv. 39, 40, 5; so,

quosdam infimi generis ad amplissimos honores,

Suet. Caes. 72; and:

aliquem in consulatūs, censuras et triumphos,

Vell. 2, 128; cf.:

studiosos amat, fovet, provehit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 1:

vim temperatam di quoque provehunt In majus,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 66: haec spes provexit, ut ad conspecta procul pecora decurrerent, carried them so far, brought them to such a pitch, that, etc., Liv. 2, 50, 5; cf. absol.:

illo etiam (forsitan pravo) gaudio provehente, quod, etc.,

id. 40, 14:

quem e gregario milite Alexander virtutis causā provexerat,

Just. 13, 4, 10:

quos (reges) ad fastigium majestatis spectata moderatio provehebat,

id. 1, 1, 1:

quos provexerat, fortuna destitit,

Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 5:

in consulare provectus fuerat vestigium,

Vell. 2, 69, 1: vitam in altum, qs. to drive it into a sea, i. e. into disquietude, Lucr. 5, 1434.—

B.

Mid., to advance, proceed, go onwards, make progress, etc.:

ne videlicet ultra quam homini datum est nostra provehantur,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

10: sentio me esse longius provectum quam proposita ratio postularet,

have been carried farther, have gone farther, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:

quod si qui longius in amicitiā provecti essent,

id. Lael. 10, 34: provectus longius quam voluit, id. Har. [p. 1480] Resp. 20, 43:

imbecillitas in altum provehitur,

id. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

provehi in maledicta,

Liv. 35, 48:

per altercationem ad continuas et infestas orationes provecti sunt,

Tac. H. 4, 7.—

2.

Of speech, to draw out, protract, prolong:

orationem,

Cic. Dom. 12, 32:

quid ultra Provehor?

why do I say more? Verg. A. 3, 481.—Hence, prōvectus, a, um, P. a. of time, advanced:

eum colere coepi non admodum grandem natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectum,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10:

provectā aetate mortua est,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

provecta nox erat,

Tac. A. 13, 20:

cum aetate jam provectus esset,

Nep. Timol. 4, 1:

senectute provectior,

Arn. 6, 195; Aus. Epigr. 19:

equis provectioribus tempora cavari incipiunt,

Pall. 4, 13, 9:

aetatis provectae,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.