(verb) : prō-sĭlĭo, ŭi (less freq. īvi or ĭi;
* Īvi,Sen. Ep. 115, 15; Just. 11, 5, 10; Hyg. Fab. 103; ii,Sen. Clem. 1, 3, 3; Petr. 106, 1), 4 (fut. prosilibo for prosiliam, Auct. Quint. Decl. 4, 19), salio, to leap or spring forth, to spring up (class.).
* Lit.: quidnam hic properans prosilit,Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 6: repente prosiluerunt,Cic. Cael. 26, 63: ex tabernaculo,Liv. 28, 14: ab sede,id. 2, 12: puppe,Luc. 8, 55: stratis,Val. Fl. 1, 310: de capitis paterni Vertice (of Minerva),Ov. F 3, 842: e convivio,Curt. 7, 4, 19: de navi,Just. 11, 5, 11: in contionem,Liv. 5, 2: in proelium,Just. 24, 8, 8: ad accusationem,Dig. 48, 2, 7: ad flumen,Suet. Caes. 32: in publicum,Petr. 82: donec prosilit unus,Hor. S. 1, 5, 21.
* Transf., of inanim. subjects, to spring or burst forth, to start out (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): (sanguis) Emicat, et longe terebrata prosilit aura,Ov. M. 6, 260: prosiliunt lacrimae,Mart. 1, 34, 2: prosilit scintilla,Ov. F. 4, 796: castanea sponte prosiliens,Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93: frutices in altitudinem prosiliunt,shoot up, grow,Col. 7, 6, 1: Peloponnesi prosilit cervix,i. e. the isthmus begins and runs out,Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8.
* Trop.
* To break forth (poet.): vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,Hor. S. 2, 7, 74.
* Tostart up, to hasten (poet.): prosilui amicum castigatum,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 179.
* To leap to any thing, attempt zealously or eagerly (mostly poet.): numquam nisi potus ad arma Prosiluit dicenda,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8: ad certamen,Sen. Ben. 1, 25: ad accusationem,Dig. 19, 5, 3; 48, 2, 7: ad munus, Cod. 10, 52, 7.

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