(verb) : prō-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, and n.
* Act., to thrust or cast forth, to cause to break, burst, or rush forth, to send forth: (Aetna) atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem,Verg. A. 3, 572: proruptus pons,broken down,Tac. H. 1, 86 (al. proruto).—With se, to burst forth, dash forth: cerva in fugam sese prorupit,Gell. 15, 22, 6.—Mid.: prorumpi, to rush or burst forth: hinc prorumpitur in mare venti vis,Lucr. 6, 436: mare proruptum,Verg. A. 1, 246: proruptum exundat pelagus,Sil. 3, 51: proruptus corpore sudor,Verg. A. 7, 459: prorupto sanguine,Stat. Th. 2, 626.
* Neutr., to rush or break forth, to burst out.
* Lit.: per medios audacissime proruperunt,Caes. B. G. 5, 15: in hostes,Verg. A. 10, 379: obsessi omnibus portis prorumpunt,Tac. H. 4, 34.
* Transf., of things, to break out, break or burst forth, make its appearance: cum diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumperent,Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5: vis morbi in unum intestinum prorupit,Nep. Att. 21, 3: incendium proruperat,a fire had broken out,Tac. A. 15, 40: stercora,Vulg. Judic. 3, 22: prorumpit in auras vox,Sil. 3, 699: nihil prorupit, quo conjuratio intellegeretur,became known,Tac. H. 4, 55.
* Trop., to break out, burst forth: illa pestis prorumpet,Cic. Mur. 39, 85: eo prorumpere hominum cupiditatem, ut, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12: in bellum,to break out,Just. 24, 1, 1: in scelera ac dedecora,Tac. A. 6, 51: ad minas,to break out into threats,id. ib. 11, 35: ad quod victo silentio prorupit reus,at which he broke silence and burst forth,id. ib. 11, 2; 12, 54; 13, 12.

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