dē-prōmo, prompsi (-msi), promptum (-mtum), 3
* V. a., to draw out, draw forth; to bring, to fetch from anywhere, esp. out of any place (rare but class.).—Constr., usu. abl. w. ex or de of things, with a of persons; poet. and late Lat. with abl. alone, but domo depromere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155.
* Lit.: pecuniam ex arca,Cic. Off. 2, 15; cf.: pecuniam ex aerario, id. de imp. Pomp. 13, 37, and v.infra, no. II.: tela pharetris,Verg. A. 5, 501; cf. 11, 590: gramina loculis,Ov. F. 6, 749: Caecubum cellis,Hor. Od. 1, 37, 5: cibum servis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 104; cf. id. Curc. 2, 2, 1; id. Truc. 3, 1, 2: merum Sabinā diotā,Hor. Od. 1, 9, 7: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,id. Ep. 1, 1, 12.
* Transf., comic.: e promptuaria cella depromi ad flagrum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4.
* Trop.: e quibus locis, quasi thesauris argumenta depromerentur,Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin.; so with ex, id. de Or. 1, 46; id. Clu. 21, 58; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15 al.: juris utilitatem vel a peritis vel de libris,id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.: de jure civili depromptum,id. ib. 1, 57, 244; c. abl. alone: sinu vires,Val. Fl. 7, 450.

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