the Ausonian race

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].

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 [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—

Transf.

Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

sternitur Arcadiae proles,

Verg. A. 10, 429.—

The testicles (post-class.):

polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.