(verb) : prō-rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3, and n.
* Act., to cast or tear down in front, to pull down, throw down, hurl to the ground, overthrow, overturn, demolish (class.): his (munitionibus) prorutis,Caes. B. G. 3, 26: vallo proruto, jam in castra proclium intulerat,Liv. 4, 29; Curt. 4, 13, 26; columnam,Hor. C. 1, 35, 14: Albam a fundamentis,to raze to the ground,Liv. 26, 13: vallum in fossas,id. 9, 14; 9, 37: terrae motus montes,id. 22, 5: terrae motibus prorutae domus,thrown down,Tac. A. 12, 43: prorutae arbores,id. ib. 2, 17: proruere ac profligare hostem,to overthrow,id. H. 3, 22.—With se, to rush out, hurry forth (poet.): foras simul omnes proruunt se,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 51: prorutus tumulo cinis,Sen. Troad. 648.
* Neutr.
* To rush forth, to rush or fall upon an enemy: ex parte, quā (dextrum cornu) proruebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: proruere in hostem,Curt. 4, 16, 6; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 2.
* To tumble down (post-Aug.): motu terrae oppidum proruit,Tac. A. 15, 22.

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