propius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Comparative of prope, as prope + -ius.
Adverb[edit]
propius
- comparative degree of prope (“nearly, more nearly, nearer, closer, almost”)
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “propius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
- to advance nearer to the city: propius accedere ad urbem or urbem
- to approach the gods: propius ad deos accedere (Mil. 22. 59)
- to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse