LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

prōpāgēs

prōpāgēs f (genitive prōpāgis)
Classical[proːˈpaː.ɡeːs]Ecclesiastical[proˈpaː.d͡ʒes]

Meaning

  1. set, layer, shoot
  2. offspring

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

prō^pāges, is, f. id.
I. A set, layer; for the usual propago: propages progenies a propagando: ut faciunt rustici, eum vitem vetulam supprimunt, ut ex eā unā plures faciant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 227 Müll.—
II. Transf., offspring, progeny, posterity (ante- and post-class.): mea propages sanguinis, Pac. ap. Non. 64, 30; Paul. Col. Carm. 5, 19.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy Proto-Italic *-ēi(s) Latin -ēs Latin prōpāgēs From prōpāgō, prōpāgāre + -ēs.