To bring forth: to shew forth: to take out. To pronounce: to speake: to tell abroade: to disclose: to vtter. To carrie: to beare forth. To alleage: to laye for himselfe: to recite: to recken. To deferre: to delay: to prolong: to draw inlength. To inlarge: to dilate or make greater. To lay to ones charge: to lay against one. Proferre audaciam. Cic. To shew his boldnesse or foolehardinesse. Caput proferre. Ouid. To shew vp his head. Digitum proferre. To stretche ont his finger. Cicero, Qua denique digitum proferat, non habet. Ex arca pecuniam proferre. Cic. To take or bring money out of a chest. Imaginem proferre. Quint. Libellos proferre. Tacit. Proferrem libros, si negares. Cic. Linguam in tussiendo proferre. Plaut. In coughing to hold or lille out his tongue. Dolum proferre. Plaut. id est comminisci. Gaudium oculis proferre. Plin. By his eyes to shew that he is loyous and glad. Verba proferre. Ouid. To vtter words. Proferre. Plaut. To bring forth. Arma ex oppido proferant. Cæs. Let them bring forth. In solem proferre. Pli. To set forth to be sunned. Beneficium in aliquem proferre, pro Conferre. Ci. To beftow. Gradum proferre. Stat. To go forward. Gradum proferre. Plaut. To hie: to make speede in going. Passus viæ proferre. Lucrer. To goe. Pedem proferre. Hor. To step forward: to goe. Proferre, Ter. To vtter: to speake: to tell abroade. &c. Siquid est peccatum nobis, profer. Ter. Tell it.

I. Lit.

A. To carry or bring out, to bring forth (class.; cf.: prodo, produco, adduco): Al. Vin' proferri pateram? Am. Proferri volo. Al. Fiat: tu, Thessala, intus pateram proferto foras, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 137: arma tormentaque ex oppido, Caes. B. C. 2, 22: (nummos) ex arcā, Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 29.—

2. To extend, stretch, or thrust out: linguam in tussiendo, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 50: manum, id. Ps. 3, 2, 72: digitum, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71.—

3. Se proferre, to raise one's self, show one's self, appear (post-Aug.): draco e pulvino se proferens, Suet. Ner. 6.—

4. To offer, proffer: alicui minas viginti argenti, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 60.—Esp.,

5. Proferre gradum or pedem, to go on, proceed: gradum proferam, progredi properabo, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 2: gradum pedum proferre, Enn ap Fest. p. 249: passus, Lucr 4, 874: longe pedem, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.: pedem, Hor A. P 135. —

6. As milit. t. t.: signa proferre, to advance the standards, march on, Liv 4, 32, 10; so, proferre inde castra, id. 10, 33, 7: quidquid ab urbe longius proferrent arma, id. 7, 32, 6.—Also,

7. Nautical t t.: pedibus profatis in contrarium navigare, to sail close to the wind, Plin. 2, 47, 48; cf.: prolato pede transversos captare notos, Sen. Med. 321.—

B. Transf.

1. To bring forth, produce, cause to grow, of plants (postAug.): caelum laurum patitur, atque etiam nitidissimam profert, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4: semen, Plin. 17, 13, 20, 95 (al. perfert). —

2. Of pronunciation, to utter, pronounce (post-Aug.): extremas syllabas, Quint. 11, 3, 33.—

3. To extend, enlarge (class.): castra, Caes, B. C. 1, 81: et proferre libet fines, Juv. 14, 142: pomoerium, Gell. 13, 14, 2.—

4. To put off, defer, adjourn, etc. (class.): rem aliquot dies, Cat. ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: auctionis diem laxius proferre, Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1: aliquid in diem posterum, Gell. 1, 23, 5; cf. Liv. 3, 20, 6.—

5. Of a painter, to bring out, to represent distinctly (post-Aug.); venas protulit, Plin. 35, 8, 34, 56.—

II. Trop.

A. With se, to raise, elevate one's self (post-Aug.): qui se ipsi protulerunt, who have raised themselves from ignorance, Sen. Ep. 52, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 1.—

B. To bring out, make known, produce in public, publish (class.): ejus (orationis) proferendae arbitrium tuum, Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1: artem, to exhibit publicly, Suet. Ner 25—

C. To bring forth, produce, invent, discover, make known, reveal (class.): artem, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2: palam proferre aliquid, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 41: cum illa indicia communis exitii indagavi, patefeci, protuli, Cic. Mil. 37, 102: aliquid foras, id. Cael. 23, 57: rem in medium, id. Fam. 15, 2, 6: secreta animi, Plin. 14, 22, 28, 141: Montanum, quia protulerit ingenium, extorrem agi, displayed his genius, Tac. A. 16, 29 fin.—

D. To bring forward, quote, cite, mention (class.); libros, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: testes, legatos, id. Balb. 18, 41: auctores, id. de Or 2, 71, 290: nominatim multos, id. Rosc. Am 16, 47; paucos belli duces praestantissimos, id. de Or 1, 2, 7: vinolentiam alicujus, id. Phil. 2, 39, 101: vim, potentiam, factiones, divitias, clientelas, affinitates adversariorum, Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8: aliquid in medium, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 52, 115; id. Fin. 2, 23, 76; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 41: memoriter Progeniem suam usque ab avo atque atavo, Ter Phorm. 2, 3, 48: exempla omnium nota, Cic. Div 1, 46, 103.—

E. To extend, enlarge: fines officiorum, Cic. Mur. 31, 65: memoriam alicujus, to prolong, Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2: ut vita ejus debuerit inmortalitate proferri, id. ib. 2, 7, 4; 3, 7, 14.—

F. To impel: si paulo longius pietas Caecilium protulisset, Cic. Sull. 23, 64.—With se: cum se ad clarissimorum civium strages caedesque proferret, Plin. Pan. 48.—

G. To lengthen out, prolong (class.): beatam vitam usque ad rogum proferre, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76: ut depositi proferret fata parentis, Verg. A. 12, 395.

I. In gen.: veteres Casmenas cascam rem volo profari, tell, relate, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 28 Müll.: quod jam et mehe Piget paternum nomen, maternum pudet Profari, Pac. ap. Non. 424, 4 (Trag. Rel. v. 145 Rib.): pudor prohibebat plura profari, Hor. S. 1, 6, 57: tum breviter Dido, vultum demissa, profatur, Verg. A. 1, 561: et sic accensa profatur, id. ib. 4, 364: quibus ille profatur: Forsitan, etc., Ov. M. 11, 289: vera profari, Petr. 121: sic ille profatus, Luc. 9, 251: clamore magno, Sil. 11, 211.—

II. In partic., to foretell, predict, prophesy: quando dies adveniet, quem profata Morta est, Liv. And. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 11 (acc. to Hom. Odyss. 2, 99): Pythia quae tripodi a Phoebi lauroque profatur, Lucr. 1, 739; 5, 112: Delio profante, Petr. 89; Dig. 21, 1, 1. —Hence, prŏfātum. i, n., a statement, proposition, axiom (post-class.): a)ciw/mata, quae M. Varro alias profata, alias proloquia appellat, Gell. 16, 8, 2.