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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).
* Lit.: inimicos profligare,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75: copias hostium,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37: classem hostium,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: hostes,Nep. Dat. 6, 8: proelia,i. e. the warriors,Tac. A. 14, 36: aciem virorum,Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.
* Trop.
* To overthrow, ruin, destroy: rem publicam,Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3: tantas opes,Nep. Pelop. 2, 3: undique se suosque profligante fortunā,Liv. 33, 19: valetudinem,Gell. 19, 5, 2.
* To overwhelm, crush in spirit: quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.
* To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch: bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,Liv. 21, 40, 11: profligato fere Samnitium bello,id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11: profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2: profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: omnia ad perniciem profligata,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,that it would be brought nearly to an end,Suet. Oth. 9: profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2: profligatis in Africā rebus,Just. 22, 8, 1: victoriam,Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2: quantum profligatum sit,how far advanced,Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.
* Wretched, miserable, vile (class.; syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.
* In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.): tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65: homines,id. Arch. 6, 14: omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: profligatissimus quisque,Suet. Tib. 35.
* Of time, advanced (post-Aug.): profligatae aetatis (homo),Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.: in profligato esse,to be almost ended,Gell. 15, 5, 2.
* To strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).
* Lit.: inimicos profligare,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75: copias hostium,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37: classem hostium,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: hostes,Nep. Dat. 6, 8: proelia,i. e. the warriors,Tac. A. 14, 36: aciem virorum,Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.
* Trop.
* To overthrow, ruin, destroy: rem publicam,Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3: tantas opes,Nep. Pelop. 2, 3: undique se suosque profligante fortunā,Liv. 33, 19: valetudinem,Gell. 19, 5, 2.
* To overwhelm, crush in spirit: quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.
* To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch: bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,Liv. 21, 40, 11: profligato fere Samnitium bello,id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11: profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2: profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: omnia ad perniciem profligata,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,that it would be brought nearly to an end,Suet. Oth. 9: profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2: profligatis in Africā rebus,Just. 22, 8, 1: victoriam,Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2: quantum profligatum sit,how far advanced,Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.
* Wretched, miserable, vile (class.; syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.
* In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.): tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65: homines,id. Arch. 6, 14: omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: profligatissimus quisque,Suet. Tib. 35.
* Of time, advanced (post-Aug.): profligatae aetatis (homo),Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.: in profligato esse,to be almost ended,Gell. 15, 5, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : prō-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3
* To strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.): proflictae res,cast down, ruined,Gell. 15, 5, 2.
* To strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.): proflictae res,cast down, ruined,Gell. 15, 5, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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