protero

== Latin == === Etymology === From prō + terō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproː.tɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.te.ro] === Verb === prōterō (present infinitive prōterere, perfect active prōtrīvī, supine prōtrītum); third conjugation to trample down, tread on something 1st c. BC, Caesar, Dē Bellō Cīvīlī to defeat, overthrow, maltreat, abuse 1st c. BC, author unknown, Rhētōrica ad Gaium Herennium 3rd c., Apuleius, Metamorphōseōn librī ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== protervus === References === “protero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “protero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “protero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.