I. To lengthen, extend, enlarge (not in Cic.; syn.: distendo, extendo; “profero, differo): agros,” Tac. H. 2, 78: “villam,” Col. 1, 5: “rem rusticam,” id. 1, praef. § 19: effugium, Lucr. 1, 983: “vitam,” to prolong, Tac. A. 11, 37.—
II. Of time, to put off, defer, delay, postpone (class.; cf.: “profero, differo), id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest,” Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: “dubitando et dies prolatando,” Sall. C. 43, 3: “diem ex die,” Tac. A. 6, 42: “bellum,” id. ib. 13, 34: “bellum indies,” Sall. H. 4, 61, 12 Dietsch; cf. Sil. 3, 142: “consultationes,” Sall. J. 27, 2: “seditiones,” id. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch: “nihil prolatandum ratus,” Liv. 21, 5: “prolatando aliquantum extraxerant temporis,” Curt. 10, 2, 10.
