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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prŏpinquus</b>: a, um, adj. [[prope]],<br /><b>I</b> [[near]], neighboring ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[place]]: rus, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1: loca, Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4: [[nimium]] [[propinquus]] Sol, Hor. C. 1, 22, 21: propinquum [[praedium]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: provinciae, id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae [[inter]] se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.: in propinquis urbis montibus, Nep. Hann. 5, 1: ex propinquis itineris locis, Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). —Comp.: [[exsilium]] [[paulo]] propinquius, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.—Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, [[vicinity]]: ex [[propinquo]] cognoscere, from [[being]] in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8: ex [[propinquo]] [[aspicio]], id. 28, 44: consulis [[castra]] in [[propinquo]] sunt, id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[time]], [[near]], at [[hand]], not [[far]] [[off]]: propinqua [[partitudo]], Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36: [[reditus]], Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3: [[mors]], id. Div, 1, 30, 65: [[spes]], Liv. 28, 25: [[vespera]], Tac. A. 15, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Near in [[resemblance]], resembling, [[similar]], [[like]]: [[motus]] finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185: [[significatio]], Gell. 6, 16, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Near in [[relationship]] or [[connection]], [[kindred]], [[related]]: [[tibi]] genere propinqui, Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a [[relation]], [[relative]], [[kinsman]] (syn.: [[affinis]], agnatus): [[societas]] propinquorum, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53: tot propinqui cognatique, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96: [[propinquus]] et [[amicus]], id. Off. 1, 18, 59: propinqui ceteri, Sall. J. 14, 15: [[aequabiliter]] in longinquos, in propinquos, Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a [[female]] [[relative]], [[kinswoman]]: [[virgo]] Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria, Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, [[near]], at [[hand]], [[hard]] by ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): adest [[propinque]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prŏpinquus</b>,⁸ a, um ([[prope]]),<br /><b>1</b> rapproché, voisin : Cic. Amer. 133 ; Phil. 11, 34 ; [[exsilium]] propinquius Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51, un exil [[plus]] rapproché ; colles [[duo]] propinqui [[inter]] se Sall. J. 98, 3, deux collines proches l’une de l’autre ; in propinquis urbi montibus Nep. Hann. 5, 1, sur des montagnes voisines de la ville || ex [[propinquo]] Liv. 22, 33, 4, de près ; in [[propinquo]] [[esse]] Liv. 25, 15, 18, être proche<br /><b>2</b> proche, prochain, peu éloigné : propinqua [[mors]] Cic. Div. 1, 65, mort prochaine || voisin, approchant, analogue : Cic. de Or. 2, 185 ; Gell. 7, 16, 11 || proche par la parenté : alicui genere [[propinquus]] Sall. J. 10, 3, proche de qqn par le sang || [pris subst<sup>t</sup>] : [[propinquus]], propinqua, parent, parente : Cic. Off. 1, 59 ; Mur. 73 ; propinqui Cic. Off. 1, 53, les proches, les parents [mais Cic. Mil. 76, propinqui = les voisins].
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