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prōgĕnĭes (noun F) : (archaic
* Gen. sing. progenii, Pac. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 13; and id. ap. Non. 490, 6), f. progigno, descent, lineage, race, family.
* Lit.: in abstracto (very rare but class.): progeniem vestram usque ab avo atque atavo proferens,Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 48: antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26; id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: virtutem, non progeniem quaeri oportere (preceded by qui modo esset Herculis stirpe generatus),id. ib. 2, 12, 24: progeniem sed enim Trojano a sanguine duci,Verg. A. 1, 19.
* Transf., in concr.
* Descendants, posterity, offspring, progeny, a son or daughter, a child (the predom. signification of the word; syn.: proles, suboles), Epitaphs of the Scipios: veteres, qui se progeniem deorum esse dicebant,Cic. Univ. 11: Priamum tantā progenie (i.e. quinquaginta filiis) orbatum,id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85: progenies mea, Claudia,id. Cael. 14, 33; so, Sarpedon, mea progenies,Verg. A. 10, 470: Bacchum Progeniem negat esse Jovis, Ov M. 4, 3; Liv. 1, 16, 3: progenies quoque, ut Apollo ac Diana Latonae,Quint. 3, 7, 8: ex magnā progenie liberorum (preceded by ex tantā stirpe liberūm),Liv. 45, 41 fin.; cf. id. 1, 13, 2: cum se matura levabit progenies (avium),Juv. 14, 84.—In plur.: duces ducumque progenies,Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 11 (30), 4.
* Trop., of poems, as offsprings of the poet's mind (poet.): stirps haec progeniesque mea est,Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 14.
* Of animals, offspring, young, etc., Verg. G. 1, 414; 4, 56; Col. 7, 5, 6; 7, 9, 1.—Transf., of plants: vitis progenies,Col. 3, 9, 7.
* Gen. sing. progenii, Pac. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 13; and id. ap. Non. 490, 6), f. progigno, descent, lineage, race, family.
* Lit.: in abstracto (very rare but class.): progeniem vestram usque ab avo atque atavo proferens,Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 48: antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26; id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: virtutem, non progeniem quaeri oportere (preceded by qui modo esset Herculis stirpe generatus),id. ib. 2, 12, 24: progeniem sed enim Trojano a sanguine duci,Verg. A. 1, 19.
* Transf., in concr.
* Descendants, posterity, offspring, progeny, a son or daughter, a child (the predom. signification of the word; syn.: proles, suboles), Epitaphs of the Scipios: veteres, qui se progeniem deorum esse dicebant,Cic. Univ. 11: Priamum tantā progenie (i.e. quinquaginta filiis) orbatum,id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85: progenies mea, Claudia,id. Cael. 14, 33; so, Sarpedon, mea progenies,Verg. A. 10, 470: Bacchum Progeniem negat esse Jovis, Ov M. 4, 3; Liv. 1, 16, 3: progenies quoque, ut Apollo ac Diana Latonae,Quint. 3, 7, 8: ex magnā progenie liberorum (preceded by ex tantā stirpe liberūm),Liv. 45, 41 fin.; cf. id. 1, 13, 2: cum se matura levabit progenies (avium),Juv. 14, 84.—In plur.: duces ducumque progenies,Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 11 (30), 4.
* Trop., of poems, as offsprings of the poet's mind (poet.): stirps haec progeniesque mea est,Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 14.
* Of animals, offspring, young, etc., Verg. G. 1, 414; 4, 56; Col. 7, 5, 6; 7, 9, 1.—Transf., of plants: vitis progenies,Col. 3, 9, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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