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Lewis Short
(adverb) : porro, root pra-; Sanscr. prathamus, primus; Lat. prae, pro, prior; cf. Gr. πόρρω, πρόσω
* Forward, onward, farther on, to a distance, at a distance, after off, far.
* Lit., in space, with verbs both of motion and of rest (rare and mostly anteclass.), Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 18: porro agere armentum,Liv. 1, 7, 6: ire,id. 9, 2.—So ellipt.: porro Quirites, on! hither! ye Romans! Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7; Tert. adv. Val. 13 (al. proh).—With verbs of rest: habitare,Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: inscius Aeneas, quae sint ea flumina porro,Verg. A. 6, 711: campi deinde porro,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 18.
* Transf.
* In time.
* Of old, aforetime, formerly (very rare): altera (Nympha), quod porro fuerat, cecinisse putatur,Ov. F. 1, 635.
* In a series.
* In gen., again, in turn, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 25: saepe audivi a majoribus natu, qui se porro pueros a senibus audisse dicebant,Cic. Sen. 13, 43; Liv. 27, 51.
* In partic., in discourse.
* In the progress of an argument, or in a sequence of ideas, then, next, furthermore, moreover, besides: sequitur porro, nihil deos ignorare,Cic. Div. 2, 51, 105; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; id. Rep. 1, 17, 26: age porro, tu, qui, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56; id. Mil. 9, 25: Habonium porro intellegebat rem totam esse patefacturum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149; Juv. 6, 240; 3, 126: porro autem anxius erat, quid facto opus esset,Sall. C. 46, 2: quid fit deinde? porro loquere,say on,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 69: porro dicere,id. Curc. 3, 83.
* Then, on the other hand, but: porro erant qui censerent,Caes. B. C. 2, 30: porro si in digito Dei eicio daemonas,Vulg. Luc. 11, 10 (but the true read., Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78, is paene).
* Forward, onward, farther on, to a distance, at a distance, after off, far.
* Lit., in space, with verbs both of motion and of rest (rare and mostly anteclass.), Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 18: porro agere armentum,Liv. 1, 7, 6: ire,id. 9, 2.—So ellipt.: porro Quirites, on! hither! ye Romans! Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7; Tert. adv. Val. 13 (al. proh).—With verbs of rest: habitare,Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: inscius Aeneas, quae sint ea flumina porro,Verg. A. 6, 711: campi deinde porro,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 18.
* Transf.
* In time.
* Of old, aforetime, formerly (very rare): altera (Nympha), quod porro fuerat, cecinisse putatur,Ov. F. 1, 635.
* In a series.
* In gen., again, in turn, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 25: saepe audivi a majoribus natu, qui se porro pueros a senibus audisse dicebant,Cic. Sen. 13, 43; Liv. 27, 51.
* In partic., in discourse.
* In the progress of an argument, or in a sequence of ideas, then, next, furthermore, moreover, besides: sequitur porro, nihil deos ignorare,Cic. Div. 2, 51, 105; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; id. Rep. 1, 17, 26: age porro, tu, qui, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56; id. Mil. 9, 25: Habonium porro intellegebat rem totam esse patefacturum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149; Juv. 6, 240; 3, 126: porro autem anxius erat, quid facto opus esset,Sall. C. 46, 2: quid fit deinde? porro loquere,say on,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 69: porro dicere,id. Curc. 3, 83.
* Then, on the other hand, but: porro erant qui censerent,Caes. B. C. 2, 30: porro si in digito Dei eicio daemonas,Vulg. Luc. 11, 10 (but the true read., Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78, is paene).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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