(verb) : prō-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3
* To strew in front of, to strew before one; also, to throw to the ground, throw down, overthrow, prostrate (syn.: fundo, profligo, provolvo).
* Lit.: eo prosternebant folia farferi,Plaut. Poen. 2, 31 (al. praesternebant): ceteros ruerem ... et prosternerem,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21: pondere silvam,Ov. M. 8, 776: prostraturus humi corpus,Curt. 8, 5, 6; cf. Liv. 9, 6: se ad pedes alicujus,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45; so, prosternere se et supplicare alicui,id. Planc. 20, 50: his auditis prostraverant se omnes humi,Liv. 45, 20, 9: hostem prostravit, fudit, occidit,Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27: hostem ferro,Sil. 7, 397: legio prosternitur latis arvis,Val. Fl. 6, 508: telo virum,id. ib. 3, 185: lapsu equi prostratus,Tac. H. 4, 34.
* Trop.
* To throw to the ground, to overthrow, subvert, ruin, destroy, etc. (freq. and class.): omnia cupiditate ac furore,Cic. Clu. 6, 15; 31, 70; cf.: jacet ille nunc prostratus,id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; and: afflicta ct prostrata virtus,id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: malevolorum obtrectationes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: mores civitatis,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 113: carminum studium,Tac. Or 11: se prosternere, to demean or debase one's self, Cic. Par. 1, 14: prostrata est Philisthaea omnis,Vulg. Isa. 14, 31.
* To prostitute, Suet. Caes. 2; id. Tib. 35; id. Calig. 24; Just. 12, 7, 11; Arn. 2, 73 (in Plin Pan. 31 the true read. is praesterni).

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