(verb) : prōdĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre (lengthened anteclass. form, prodinunt, for prodeunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll.;
* Post-class., prodient, for prodibunt,Lact. 7, 16 fin.), pro-eo, to go or come forth (class.; cf.: proficiscor, progredior).
* Lit.: prodinunt famuli, Enn. l. l.: prodi atque ostium aperi,Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 1: foras,to come out of doors,id. Poen. 5, 2, 158; Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; Phaedr. 2, 4, 22: nemon' huc prodit?Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 102: in conspectum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84: ex portu,Caes. B. C. 3, 7: in aciem,Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: ad colloquium,Caes. B. G. 5, 26: in publicum,Cic. Att. 8, 11, 7: obviam alicui,to go to meet one,id. Mur. 33, 68: in contionem,Nep. Them. 1, 3: in scenam,to come upon the stage, make one's appearance,id. ib. praef.; Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; Suet. Ner. 20.—Of soldiers in battle: in proelium,Caes. B. C. 3, 86: in aciem,Hirt. B. G. 8, 8: in hostem,Luc. 7, 231.—With simple abl.: utero matris prodire,Ov. F. 1, 33: foribus,id. Am. 3, 11, 13: tumulo,id. R. Am. 253.
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* Of elevations, to stand out, project: et immodico prodibant tubere tali,Ov. M. 8, 808; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80.
* To come forth, show itself, appear (class.): novae quae prodeunt comoediae,Plaut. Cas. prol. 9: Juppiter certo prodit in tragoedia,id. Am. prol. 93: quae si prodierit, atque cum prodierit— scio enim proditurum esse—audiet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: si haec consuetudo prodire coeperit,id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68: cum tot prodierint colores,have come up, become the fashion,Ov. A. A. 3, 171: cultus et ornatus variis prodisse capillis Obfuit,id. F. 4, 309: tu cum, projectis insignibus, prodis ex judice Dama Turpis, etc.,become manifest, turn out to be,Hor. S. 2, 7, 54: juvenum prodit Publica cura,id. C. 2, 8, 7.
* To go forwards, advance, proceed (class.): est quadam prodire tenus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32: prodire sumptu extra modum,Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140: prodeuntibus annis,with advancing years, in the course of time,Petr. 25.— Impers. pass.: ne ad extremum prodeatur,Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29.

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