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(verb) : prōpāgo, āvi, ātum, āre, pro and root pag- of pango, πήγνυμι.
* Lit.
* To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato, R. R. 52, 1: castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur,Col. 4, 33, 3: vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos,Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96: abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat,id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence
* Transf.
* In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase: fines imperii,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: finis imperii propagavit,Nep. Ham. 2, 5: eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari,Liv. 36, 1, 3: terminos Urbis,Tac. A. 12, 23: augere et propagare imperium,Suet. Ner. 18: propagatae civitates,Vell. 1, 14, 1: sumptus cenarum,Gell. 2, 24, 15: notitiam Britanniae,Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.
* In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.: prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare,Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: haec posteritati propagantur,are transferred to posterity,id. Sest. 48, 102: meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae,has preserved the State for many centuries,id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: vitam aucupio,to prolong, preserve,id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: memoriam aeternam alicui,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11: hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur,Lact. 2, 12, 21.
* To add as an appendix or extension, in writing: Carum cum liberis,i. e. the life of,Vop. 24, 8.
* Lit.
* To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato, R. R. 52, 1: castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur,Col. 4, 33, 3: vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos,Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96: abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat,id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence
* Transf.
* In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase: fines imperii,Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: finis imperii propagavit,Nep. Ham. 2, 5: eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari,Liv. 36, 1, 3: terminos Urbis,Tac. A. 12, 23: augere et propagare imperium,Suet. Ner. 18: propagatae civitates,Vell. 1, 14, 1: sumptus cenarum,Gell. 2, 24, 15: notitiam Britanniae,Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.
* In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.: prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare,Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: haec posteritati propagantur,are transferred to posterity,id. Sest. 48, 102: meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae,has preserved the State for many centuries,id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: vitam aucupio,to prolong, preserve,id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: memoriam aeternam alicui,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11: hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur,Lact. 2, 12, 21.
* To add as an appendix or extension, in writing: Carum cum liberis,i. e. the life of,Vop. 24, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
prōpāgo (noun F.m) : (prŏ-, Lucr. 1, 42; Verg. A. 6, 870; Ov. M. 2, 38:
* Prō-,Verg. G. 2, 26), , f. (m., Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13) [1. propago].
* Lit.
* A set, layer of a plant, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Col. Arb. 7, 2: arbores aut semine proveniunt, aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, aut avulsione, aut surculo, aut insito et consecto arboris trunco,Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.
* Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.), Lucr. 5, 1027: Memmi clara,id. 1, 42: alipedis de stirpe dei versuta propago,Ov. M. 11, 312: Romana,Verg. A. 6, 871: vera,Ov. M. 2, 38; cf. id. ib. 1, 160: blanda catulorum,Lucr. 4, 997.—In prose: aliorum ejus liberorum propago Liciniani sunt cognominati,Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62: clarorum virorum propagines,descendants, posterity,Nep. Att. 18, 2.
* Prō-,Verg. G. 2, 26), , f. (m., Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13) [1. propago].
* Lit.
* A set, layer of a plant, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Col. Arb. 7, 2: arbores aut semine proveniunt, aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, aut avulsione, aut surculo, aut insito et consecto arboris trunco,Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.
* Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.), Lucr. 5, 1027: Memmi clara,id. 1, 42: alipedis de stirpe dei versuta propago,Ov. M. 11, 312: Romana,Verg. A. 6, 871: vera,Ov. M. 2, 38; cf. id. ib. 1, 160: blanda catulorum,Lucr. 4, 997.—In prose: aliorum ejus liberorum propago Liciniani sunt cognominati,Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62: clarorum virorum propagines,descendants, posterity,Nep. Att. 18, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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