Proles, prolis, f. g. Col. Issue of ones bodie: progenie: a child.Volucrum proles.Ouid.Yong birdes.Oliuæ proles.Virg. Hominum proles. Cic.Fœlix vrbs prole virûm.Virg.Degener proles. Sen. Duellica proles equorum. Lucr. Breede of horses for warre.Effera. Lucr. Fœda. Sen. Fœlix. Claud. Proles ignara parentis.Ouid.A childe that knoweth not the father.Incerta. Sen. Inclyta. Sen. Mascula proles rusticorum militum. Hor. Noua. Lucr. Posthuma proles.Virg.A childe borne after the death of his father.Præclara.Val. Flac. Scelerata. Ouid.Pulcherrima.Virg. Virilis. Vir. Ambiguam prolem agnoscere.Virg.Proles sine matre creata.Ouid.Geminam prolem dare. Vir. To bring forth two at once.Gemellam prolem eniti, Idem.Ouid.Ferrea tum proles exorta est.Cic.Producere prolem. Lucr. To beare a child: to beget a child.Pulchra prole parentem facere.Virg.Producere prolem teneram nido in aera.Ouid.To bring forth hir yong birdes, and teache them to flie.Propagare prolem. Lucr. To multiplie yong.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prōles, is (gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles]. I.Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.; but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). —Poet.: propagando procudere prolem,
to bring forth
,
produce children
, Lucr. 5, 856: prolem est enixa gemellam, Ov. M. 9, 452: laudantur simili prole puerperae, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19: di Romulae genti date remque prolemque, id. ib. 47: et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem, Verg. A. 1, 75: felix prole parens, Val. Fl. 5, 384: tua postuma proles, Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159: aënea, Ov. M. 1, 125: argentea, id. ib. 1, 114: proles Ausonia,
the Ausonian race
, Verg. A. 4, 236: dic mihi, Teucrorum proles, Juv. 8, 56.—In prose: praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles, Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: proles illa futurorum hominum,
race
, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals (poet.): Ulixi, i. e.
Telemachus
, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40: proles tertia Phorcus, Ov. M. 7, 477: Clymeneïa, i. e.
Phaëton
, id. ib. 2, 19: Apollinea, i. e.
Æsculapius
, id. ib. 15, 533: deūm certissima proles, Verg. A. 6, 322: egomet Neptunia proles, Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities: Saturni altera proles, Verg. A. 12, 830: Bacchi rustica proles, i. e.
Priapus
, Tib. 1, 4, 7: Cyllenia proles, Verg. A. 4, 268: fulminis, i. e.
Bacchus
, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25: Jovis, Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals: hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit, Lucr. 1, 259: duellica equorum, id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65: jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum, id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. —Poet., of plants: et prolem tarde crescentis olivae, i. e.
the fruit
, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—II.Transf.A.Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7: sternitur Arcadiae proles, Verg. A. 10, 429.—B.The testicles (post-class.): polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus, Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.