=prōdūcō=, see =dūcō=. =proelium, ī=, n., _a battle_, _combat_, _engagement_. =proficīscor, ī, fectus sum= [=prō= + =facīscor=, from =faciō=], _to set out_, _proceed_; _spring from_. =prōflīgō=, see =*flīgō=. =prōfluvium, ī=, n., _a flowing forth_; =ventris prōfluvium=, _diarrhea_. =profugiō=, see =fugiō=. =prōgredior=, see =*gradior=. =prōmittō=, see =mittō=. =prōmptus, a, um= [=prōmō=, _to set forth_], adj., _prepared_, _quick_, _prompt_. =prōnūntiō=, see =nūntiō=. =prōnus, a, um=, adj., _turned forward_, _inclined_; _tendency_; _disposed_, _prone_. =prōpalam= [=prō= + =palam=], adv., _openly_, _publicly_, _manifestly_. =prope=, adv., _near by_; _nearly_, _almost_. =prōpēnsus, a, um=, adj., _hanging down_; _inclined_, _disposed_, _prone_. =propior, us= [=prope=], comp. adj., _nearer_; sup. =proximus=, _nearest_, _next_; _latest_, _last_; _next_, _following_. =proprius, a, um=, adj., _not common with others_, _own_, _special_, _individual_. =propter=, prep. with acc., _on account of_. =proptereā= [=propter= + =is=], adv., _for this reason_, _therefore_; =proptereā quod=, _because_. =prōpūgnātor, ōris= [=prōpūgnō=, _to defend_], m., _a defender_. =prōscrībō=, see =scrībō=. =prōscrīptiō, ōnis= [=prōscrībō=], f., _a public notice of sale_, _proscription_. =prōsequor=, see =sequor=. =prōsper= and =prōsperus, a, um= [=prō= + =spēs=], adj., _according to one’s hopes_, _favorable_, _prosperous_. =prōsperē= [=prōsperus=], adv., _propitiously_, _successfully_. =prōstituō=, see =*statuō=. =prōsum=, see =sum=. =prōtrahō=, see =trahō=. =prōvidē= [=prōvideō=, _to provide_, _foresee_], adv., _carefully_, _prudently_ (very rare). =prōvincia, ae=, f., _an office_, _duty_; _province_. =prōvinciālis, e= [=prōvincia=], adj., _of a province_, _provincial_; as subst., =prōvinciālis, is=, m., _a provincial_. =prōvīsiō, ōnis= [=prōvideō=, _to foresee_], f., _a foreseeing_, _foreknowledge_; _foresight_, _providence_. =prōvocō=, see =vocō=. =proximus=, see =propior=. =prūdentia, ae= [=prūdēns=, _foreseeing_], f., _foresight_, _practical wisdom_, _good sense_. =prūna, ae=, f., _a burning coal_, _live coal_. =Prūsiās, ae=, m., king of Bithynia 228-180 B.C. =Pseudopersēs, eī=, m., a pretended son of Perseus. =Pseudophilippus, ī=, m., a pretended son of Philip, king of Macedonia. =Ptolemaeus, ī=, m., a name borne by the kings of Egypt after the time of Alexander the Great. 1. _Ptolemaeus Philadelphus_, 285-247 B.C. 2. _Ptolemaeus Euergetēs_, 247-222 B.C. 3. _Ptolemaeus Philometor_, 181-146 B.C. 4. _Ptolemaeus Aulētēs_, 47-43 B.C. =Ptolemāïs, is=, f., a city in Libya. =pūblicē= [=pūblicus=], adv., _in the name of_ (by order of) _the state_, _publicly_, _officially_. =pūblicus, a, um= [orig. =poplicus=], adj., _belonging to the people_, _public_; _official_. =Pūblicola, ae=, m., _L. (P.) Valerius Pūblicola_, consul 509 B.C. =pudīcitia, ae= [=pudīcus=], f., _modesty_, _virtue_.