(verb) : prō-lŭo, lŭi, lūtum, 3
* To wash forth or out, to cast out (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not found in Cic.; once in Caes.; v.infra).
* Lit.: genus omne natantum Litore in extremo ... fluctus Proluit,Verg. G. 3, 543; ventrem,i. e. to cause diarrhoea,Col. 7, 3, 25.
* Transf.
* To wash off or away: tempestas ex omnibus montibus nives proluit,Caes. B. C. 1, 48: impetus aquarum proluit terram,Col. 2, 18, 5; cf.: silvas Eridanus,Verg. G. 1, 481; id. A. 12, 686.—Hence, *
* Trop., to make away with property: pecuniam prandiorum gurgitibus,to squander, dissipate,Gell. 2, 24, 11.
* To moisten, wet, wash: in vivo prolue rore manus,Ov. F. 4, 778: ensem,i. e. with blood,Sil. 15, 304: cruor proluit pectora,Stat. Th. 8, 711.—Poet., of drinking: leni praecordia mulso Prolueris melius,Hor. S. 2, 4, 26: se pleno auro,Verg. A. 1, 739; multā prolutus vappā,Hor. S. 1, 5, 16: nec fonte labra prolui caballino,Pers. prol. 1.—In comic lang.: cloacam (i. e. ventrem), to wash out the stomach, i. e. to drink one's fill, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29.
* To overflow, inundate (postclass.): prolutas esse regiones imbribus, App. de Mundo, p. 73, 26.

s. TLL