proserpo
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proserpens present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular of proserpo
prō-serpo, ĕre, v. n., to creep forwards or forth, to creep or crawl along (ante- and post-class.).
- I Lit.: proserpens bestia, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 74 (1034); cf. id. As. 3, 3, 105 (695); id. Pers. 2, 4, 28 (299); Varr. L. L. 5, § 68 Müll.: servulus proserpit leniter, Ap. Met. 4, 19, 5; de specu funesta proserpit ursa, id. ib. 7, 24, 13.—Transf., of plants, to come forth imperceptibly: sata in lucem proserpunt, Arn. 3, 119.—
- II Trop., to move on imperceptibly, to glide or steal along (post-class.): proserpit ad intima vulnus, Ser. Samm. 14, 251: malo proserpenti occurrere, Amm.15, 8, 7.
prō-serpo, ere, I) hervorkriechen, absol., Apul.: de proximo specu, Apul.: in lucem, Apul. u. Arnob. – bildl., malum proserpens, Amm. – II) vorwärts kriechen, -schleichen, bestia proserpens, eine Schlange, Plaut.: bildl., proserpit ad intima vulnus, Ser. Samm.
See: proserpere
prōserpō, (16) ĕre, intr., ¶ 1 sʼavancer en rampant, se traîner : Pl. Pœn. 1034 ; Varro L. 5, 68 ¶ 2 sortir lentement [en parl. des plantes], lever : Arn. 3, 33 ¶ 3 [fig.] sʼétendre, se propager : Amm. 15, 8, 7.