PROLYTAE, Rom. civil law. The term used to denominate students of law during
the fifth and last year of their studies. They were left during this year,
very much to their own direction, and took the name (prolytoi) Prolytae
omnino soluti. They studied chiefly the code and the imperial constitutions.
See Dig. Proef. Prim. Const. 2; Calvini Lex ad Voc.