proludite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →proludo, proludere, prolusi, prolusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
carry out preliminary exercises before a fight; rehearse for;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...trunco, ventosque lacessit ictibus aut sparsa ad pugnam proludit harena. Nec minus interea maternis saevus in armis Aeneas..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...trunco, uentosque lacessit ictibus, et sparsa ad pugnam proludit harena. post ubi collectum robur uiresque refectae, signa mouet..."