Prolicio, prólicis, pen. cor. prolexi, prolectum, prolícere. Plau. To induce or drawe.
Prolixus, Adiectiuum: A laxum fit. Ter. Long: large: free: liberall: bounteous: sumptuous.Prolixæ abietes. Var. High or long.Barbaprolixa.Virg.A long bearde.Comæ prolixæ.Ouid.Ictu prolixo prouolat. Lucr. He flieth out swiftly.Prolixus animus.Cic.A liberall minde: a free heart.Natura prolixa & benefica.Cic.Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior, id est, propensior. C. More inclined to fauour.Prolixè Aduerb Terent.Liberally: aboundantly: plentifully: sumptuously: at length.Prolixè aliquÊ accipere. Ter. To entertaine one sÛptuouslye.Prolixè promittere, Cic.To promise liberally.Id non solùm fecit, sed etiam prolixè, cumulateque fecit. C.
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prō-lĭcĭo, lixi (Not. Tir. p. 149), 3, v. a. [lacio], to allure or entice forth, to entice, incite (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): ejus amos cupidam me huc prolicit per tenebras, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 2: voluptas tardā prolicienda morā, Ov. A. A. 2, 718: aliquem ad spem, Tac. A. 3, 73 fin.
prō-lixus, a, um, adj. [laxus], stretched far out, long, broad (syn.: latus, spatiosus). I.Lit. (not in Cic.): capillus passus prolixus, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Umpfenb. (Fleck. prolixe): comae, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: barba, Verg. E. 8, 34 (Forbig. promissa): caudae (opp. breves), Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3: villi, Col. 7, 3, 7: arbores, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: ramus, Suet. Vesp. 5: cervix, Col. 7, 3, 7: statura, id. 1, 9, 3; cf.: prolixo corpore erat, Suet. Claud. 30: tunicae, Gell. 7, 12. —Comp.: arator prolixior,
taller
,
stouter
, Col. 1, 9, 3: prolixiora quaedam nascuntur, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4.—II.Trop.A. In gen., long, extended (ante- and postclass.): prolixae aetatis homines, i. e.
of great age
, Dig. 50, 6, 5 fin.; cf.: prolixioris temporis spatium, ib. 49, 14, 45: non tam prolixo provolat ictu,
far-reaching
,
distant
, Lucr. 4, 1245: si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat, Dig. 33, 1, 13.—Sup.: labor (with largus), Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 57 Mai.—Neutr. adverb.: prolixum ejulare,
greatly
,
violently
, App. M. 8, p. 205, 15. —B. In partic. 1. in speech, prolix (post-class.): cujus exemplum, ne sim prolixus, omisi, Macr. S. 3, 7 fin.—2.Comprehensive in meaning (post-class.): existimo longe esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significandā totius prope civitatis multitudine mortales quam homines dixisse, Gell. 13, 28, 3—3. Of circumstances, favorable, fortunate (class.): rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: cetera spero prolixa esse his duntaxat, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.—4. Of disposition and conduct, well-disposed, obliging, courteous (Ciceron.): prolixa beneficaque natura, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8: animus libens et prolixus, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 4: Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior, id. ib. 6, 3, 5.—Hence, adv.: prō-lixē, largely, abundantly, copiously (class.): capillus passus prolixe et circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Fleck. (Umpfenb. passus prolixus): prolixe cumulateque facere aliquid, Cic. Fl. 36, 89: prolixe et celeriter facere aliquid, id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6: prolixe fuseque laudare, Gell. 5, 1, 2: promittere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: in quo (delectu) parum prolixe respondent Campani coloni,
do not announce themselves in very great numbers
, id. Att. 7, 14, 2: arbores prolixe foliatae, App. M. 4, p. 143, 15.— Comp.: largius prolixiusque fruere, Gell. 1, 22, 10: fabulari, id. 12, 1, 4: accipit hominem prolixius, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 52: fovere aliquem, Suet. Tit. 7; cf.: et factus in agoniā, prolixius orabat,
