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prodigo

prodigo, to squander, waste

prōdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [pro-ago], to drive forth, to drive to a place.
  • I Lit. (ante-class.): sues in lutosos limites, Varr. R. R. 2, 4: in pabulum, id. ib. 2, 7 med.: pulli prodigendi in solem, id. ib. 3, 9 med. —
  • II Transf., to get rid of.
    • A In a good sense, to use up, consume (post-class.): esculentum potulentumve, Dig. 1, 18, 18.—
    • B In a bad sense, to squander, to lavish, waste, dissipate (not in Cic. or Caes.; cf.: effundo, profundo, consumo): festo die si quid prodegeris, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10 (380): suom, id. Merc. 5, 4, 60 (1021): aliena bona, Sall. Or. Lepidi contra Sull.: opes, Suet. Ner. 30: sua, Tac. H. 1, 20: illi prodigere vitam pro victoriā contendentes, Amm.16, 12, 50: singulos artus suos fortunae prodigendos dare quaestu atque compendio gloriarum, Gell. 2, 27, 5.

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