To go foorth or out of an house: to come foorth before one. Prodire ad aliquem. Plaut. To come foorth a doores to one. Prodire ad coloquium. Cæs. To come forth to commune or talke. Elimine prodire. Tibul. Ex portu prodire. Cæs. Extra modum prodire. Cic. To passe measure. In aciem prodire, Vide ACISS. To set themselues in battel ray, and march foorth to fight with their enimies. In conspectum alterius prodire. Plaut. To come into ones sight. In funus prodire. Var. In hostem prodire. Lucan. Prodeunt in pascua pecudes, Columel. Cattell go foorthe to pasture. In prælium prodire. Cæsar. To warch foorth to fight. In publicum prodire. Cicero. To go or come abroade in the streetes to be seene. In scenam prodire. Cic. Intus prodire, Vide INTVS. Obuiam alicui prodire. Cic. To goe against one, or to meete with him. Prodire. Virg. To go foorth. Infans prodit vtero matris. Ouid. The childe commeth oute of the mothers wombe. Proditur, pen. pro. Impersonale. Cicero. Ne ad extremum prodeatur.

I. Lit.: prodinunt famuli, Enn. l. l.: prodi atque ostium aperi, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 1: foras, to come out of doors, id. Poen. 5, 2, 158; Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; Phaedr. 2, 4, 22: nemon' huc prodit? Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 102: in conspectum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84: ex portu, Caes. B. C. 3, 7: in aciem, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: ad colloquium, Caes. B. G. 5, 26: in publicum, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 7: obviam alicui, to go to meet one, id. Mur. 33, 68: in contionem, Nep. Them. 1, 3: in scenam, to come upon the stage, make one's appearance, id. ib. praef.; Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; Suet. Ner. 20.—Of soldiers in battle: in proelium, Caes. B. C. 3, 86: in aciem, Hirt. B. G. 8, 8: in hostem, Luc. 7, 231.—With simple abl.: utero matris prodire, Ov. F. 1, 33: foribus, id. Am. 3, 11, 13: tumulo, id. R. Am. 253.—

B. Transf.

1. Of plants, to come forth, spring or grow up, appear: ea seges serius prodit, Varr. R. R. 1, 45: prodeuntia semina, Col. 11, 3, 9; Pall. 1, 6, 18: herba, Ov. F. 1, 154.—

2. Of elevations, to stand out, project: et immodico prodibant tubere tali, Ov. M. 8, 808; Plin. 9, 25, 41, 80.—

II. Trop.

A. To come forth, show itself, appear (class.): novae quae prodeunt comoediae, Plaut. Cas. prol. 9: Juppiter certo prodit in tragoedia, id. Am. prol. 93: quae si prodierit, atque cum prodierit— scio enim proditurum esse—audiet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: si haec consuetudo prodire coeperit, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68: cum tot prodierint colores, have come up, become the fashion, Ov. A. A. 3, 171: cultus et ornatus variis prodisse capillis Obfuit, id. F. 4, 309: tu cum, projectis insignibus, prodis ex judice Dama Turpis, etc., become manifest, turn out to be, Hor. S. 2, 7, 54: juvenum prodit Publica cura, id. C. 2, 8, 7.—

B. To go forwards, advance, proceed (class.): est quadam prodire tenus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32: prodire sumptu extra modum, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140: prodeuntibus annis, with advancing years, in the course of time, Petr. 25.— Impers. pass.: ne ad extremum prodeatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29.