protero

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to trample down, tread on sth
 * 2) * 1st c. BC, Caesar, Dē Bellō Cīvīlī
 * "la"

- At equitātus hostium ab utrōque cornū circumīre aciem nostram et āversōs prōterere incipit. - Besides, the enemy's cavalry began to surround us on both wings and to trample down our rear. (Translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, 1869.)


 * 1) to defeat, overthrow, maltreat, abuse
 * 2) * 1st c. BC, author unknown, Rhētōrica ad Gaium Herennium
 * "la"

- eam patiminī nunc ab homunculīs dēterrimīs prōterī atque conculcārī? - do you now allow [Rome] to be defeated and crushed by the worst weaklings?


 * 1) * 3rd c., Apuleius, Metamorphōseōn librī
 * "la"

- Sacra praetereuntur, templa dēfōrmantur, pulvīnāria prōteruntur, caerimōniae negleguntur, incorōnāta simulācra et ārae viduae frīgidō cinere foedātae. - Her ornaments were throwne out, her temples defaced, her pillowes and cushions torne, her ceremonies neglected, her images and Statues uncrowned, and her bare altars unswept, and fowl with the ashes of old burnt sacrifice. (Translated by William Adlington, 1566, reprinted in 1639).