proles
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.leːs/, [ˈproːɫ̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.les/, [ˈprɔːles]
Noun
prōlēs f (genitive prōlis); third declension
- offspring, children, progeny, descendants, a line of descendants, family, race
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.74–75:
- “Omnīs ut tēcum meritīs prō tālibus annōs
exigat, et pulchrā faciat tē prōle parentem.”- “[Aeolus,] as a reward for the services [now] required, [Deiopea will spend] all [her] years with you, and make you a father with a fair line [of descendants].”
(Juno tempts Aeolus to do her will by offering him marriage to Deiopea. Alliteration: “pulchra prole parentem.”)
- “[Aeolus,] as a reward for the services [now] required, [Deiopea will spend] all [her] years with you, and make you a father with a fair line [of descendants].”
- “Omnīs ut tēcum meritīs prō tālibus annōs
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.719:
- Tollet humō validōs prōlēs Hyriēa lacertōs.
- The offspring of Hyrieus will raise from the ground his strong arms
(See: Hyrieus; Orion (mythology). The heliacal rising of the upper part of Orion (constellation) occurs in June.)
- The offspring of Hyrieus will raise from the ground his strong arms
- Tollet humō validōs prōlēs Hyriēa lacertōs.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōlēs | prōlēs |
Genitive | prōlis | prōlium |
Dative | prōlī | prōlibus |
Accusative | prōlem | prōlēs prōlīs |
Ablative | prōle | prōlibus |
Vocative | prōlēs | prōlēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “proles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- proles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “prolific”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Spanish
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