prolong
prolong
v. trans.
P. and V. μηκύνειν, τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, P. ἀποτείνειν.
Be prolonged (in time): P. and V. χρονίζεσθαι.
I thank old age for this favour only, that it has prolonged my life so far: P. χάριν ἔχω τῷ γήρᾳ ταύτην μόνην, ὅτι προήγαγεν εἰς τοῦτό μου τὸν βίον (Isoc. 413a).
Prolonged, long: P. and V. μακρός.
Lasting long: P. and V. χρόνιος.
v. trans.
P. and V. μηκύνειν, τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, P. ἀποτείνειν.
Be prolonged (in time): P. and V. χρονίζεσθαι.
I thank old age for this favour only, that it has prolonged my life so far: P. χάριν ἔχω τῷ γήρᾳ ταύτην μόνην, ὅτι προήγαγεν εἰς τοῦτό μου τὸν βίον (Isoc. 413a).
Prolonged, long: P. and V. μακρός.
Lasting long: P. and V. χρόνιος.
PROLONG
prorogare (e.g. the time of an office the term in which a payment ought to be made etc.; e.g. diem ad solvendum: the chief command imperium: ☞ prolongare is spurious Latin): propagare (litterally to remove as it were the limits of anything to allow to continue e.g. the chief command for one year imperium in annum; hence to carry on; e.g. the war bellum): producere (to carry on for some time longer; e.g. an entertainment feast etc. convivium vario sermone): extendere (to extend beyond a certain time to go on with anything; e.g. until midnight ad mediam noctem): continuare (to cause to continue or to exist with reference to time; e.g. militiam; alicui consulatum magistratum): trahere (to make anything last longer than necessary from want of energy proper measures etc.; e.g. bellum: different from ducere bellum i.e. to protract the war purposely in order to tire the enemy out by not engaging in a general battle): proferre (to defer to postpone; e.g. diem): prolatare (to defer to another period; comitia). To prolong anybody’s life alicui vitam producere (e.g. by giving alms to anybody that would otherwise starve; Plaut. Trin. 2 2 59): alicui vitae spatium prorogare (of anybody that is to die; e.g. a criminal Tac. Ann. 3 51 extr.): alicui spiritum prorogare (of a patient on the part of the physician Plin. Ep. 2 20 7): to prolong one’s life by anything *vitam sibi producere aliqua re; vitam prorogare aliqua re.
prorogare (e.g. the time of an office the term in which a payment ought to be made etc.; e.g. diem ad solvendum: the chief command imperium: ☞ prolongare is spurious Latin): propagare (litterally to remove as it were the limits of anything to allow to continue e.g. the chief command for one year imperium in annum; hence to carry on; e.g. the war bellum): producere (to carry on for some time longer; e.g. an entertainment feast etc. convivium vario sermone): extendere (to extend beyond a certain time to go on with anything; e.g. until midnight ad mediam noctem): continuare (to cause to continue or to exist with reference to time; e.g. militiam; alicui consulatum magistratum): trahere (to make anything last longer than necessary from want of energy proper measures etc.; e.g. bellum: different from ducere bellum i.e. to protract the war purposely in order to tire the enemy out by not engaging in a general battle): proferre (to defer to postpone; e.g. diem): prolatare (to defer to another period; comitia). To prolong anybody’s life alicui vitam producere (e.g. by giving alms to anybody that would otherwise starve; Plaut. Trin. 2 2 59): alicui vitae spatium prorogare (of anybody that is to die; e.g. a criminal Tac. Ann. 3 51 extr.): alicui spiritum prorogare (of a patient on the part of the physician Plin. Ep. 2 20 7): to prolong one’s life by anything *vitam sibi producere aliqua re; vitam prorogare aliqua re.
prolong:
1. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to carry on something for a length of time): to p. a banquet till late in the night, convivium ad multam noctem p., Cic. Sen. 14, 46: Hor. Also, simple verb, duco, 3 Caes.: Cic.: v.TO PROTRACT .
2. propāgo, 1 (to cause to continue): to p. the existence of the commonwealth for many ages, multa secula reipublicae p., Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11: to p. a command for a year, imperium in annum p., Liv. 23, 25, extr.
3. prōrŏgo, 1 (esp. to p. a period of command: the technical word): to p. Caesar's command, imperium Caesari p., Cic. Ph. 2, 10, 24: Front. Also in gen. sense: the planet Venus p.s the daylight, Veneris sidus lucem p., Plin. 2, 8, 6 § 36. Join: prorogare et extendere, Plin. alt
4. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3. to p. revels till mid-*night, ad medias noctes comissationes ex., Suet. Tit. 7: Liv. (Proferre = to postpone: in Cic. Fin. 3, extr., pertulisset appears to be the true reading.) (N.B.--No such word as prolongo.)
1. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to carry on something for a length of time): to p. a banquet till late in the night, convivium ad multam noctem p., Cic. Sen. 14, 46: Hor. Also, simple verb, duco, 3 Caes.: Cic.: v.
2. propāgo, 1 (to cause to continue): to p. the existence of the commonwealth for many ages, multa secula reipublicae p., Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11: to p. a command for a year, imperium in annum p., Liv. 23, 25, extr.
3. prōrŏgo, 1 (esp. to p. a period of command: the technical word): to p. Caesar's command, imperium Caesari p., Cic. Ph. 2, 10, 24: Front. Also in gen. sense: the planet Venus p.s the daylight, Veneris sidus lucem p., Plin. 2, 8, 6 § 36. Join: prorogare et extendere, Plin. alt
4. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3. to p. revels till mid-*night, ad medias noctes comissationes ex., Suet. Tit. 7: Liv. (Proferre = to postpone: in Cic. Fin. 3, extr., pertulisset appears to be the true reading.) (N.B.--No such word as prolongo.)