(verb) : prōlāto, āvi, ātum, 1, profero.
* To lengthen, extend, enlarge (not in Cic.; syn.: distendo, extendo; profero, differo): agros,Tac. H. 2, 78: villam,Col. 1, 5: rem rusticam,id. 1, praef. § 19: effugium, Lucr. 1, 983: vitam,to prolong,Tac. A. 11, 37.
* Of time, to put off, defer, delay, postpone (class.; cf.: profero, differo), id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest,Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: dubitando et dies prolatando,Sall. C. 43, 3: diem ex die,Tac. A. 6, 42: bellum,id. ib. 13, 34: bellum indies,Sall. H. 4, 61, 12 Dietsch; cf. Sil. 3, 142: consultationes,Sall. J. 27, 2: seditiones,id. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch: nihil prolatandum ratus,Liv. 21, 5: prolatando aliquantum extraxerant temporis,Curt. 10, 2, 10.

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