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Lewis Short
(verb) : prōdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, pro-ago
* To drive forth, to drive to a place.
* Lit. (ante-class.): sues in lutosos limites,Varr. R. R. 2, 4: in pabulum,id. ib. 2, 7 med.: pulli prodigendi in solem,id. ib. 3, 9 med.
* Transf., to get rid of.
* In a good sense, to use up, consume (post-class.): esculentum potulentumve,Dig. 1, 18, 18.
* In a bad sense, to squander, to lavish, waste, dissipate (not in Cic. or Caes.; cf.: effundo, profundo, consumo): festo die si quid prodegeris,Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10: suom,id. Merc. 5, 4, 60: aliena bona, Sall. Or. Lepidi contra Sull.: opes, Suet. ner. 30: sua,Tac. H. 1, 20: illi prodigere vitam pro victoriā contendentes,Amm. 16, 12, 50: singulos artus suos fortunae prodigendos dare quaestu atque compendio gloriarum,Gell. 2, 27, 5.
* To drive forth, to drive to a place.
* Lit. (ante-class.): sues in lutosos limites,Varr. R. R. 2, 4: in pabulum,id. ib. 2, 7 med.: pulli prodigendi in solem,id. ib. 3, 9 med.
* Transf., to get rid of.
* In a good sense, to use up, consume (post-class.): esculentum potulentumve,Dig. 1, 18, 18.
* In a bad sense, to squander, to lavish, waste, dissipate (not in Cic. or Caes.; cf.: effundo, profundo, consumo): festo die si quid prodegeris,Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10: suom,id. Merc. 5, 4, 60: aliena bona, Sall. Or. Lepidi contra Sull.: opes, Suet. ner. 30: sua,Tac. H. 1, 20: illi prodigere vitam pro victoriā contendentes,Amm. 16, 12, 50: singulos artus suos fortunae prodigendos dare quaestu atque compendio gloriarum,Gell. 2, 27, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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