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|lshtext=<b>prŏpe</b>: adv. and prep. pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: [[nempe]], [[quippe]]), = Sanscr. -pa.<br /><b>I</b> Adv. (comp. [[propius]], and [[sup]]. [[proxime]], v. under [[propior]]), [[near]], [[nigh]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., in [[space]]: quaenam vox mihi [[prope]] hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur [[prope]]? Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10: [[prope]] ad aliquem adire, id. Cas. 3, 5, 32: [[aedes]] accedere, id. Most. 2, 2, 16: [[prope]] [[alicubi]] esse, Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1: intueri aliquid (opp. [[procul]]), id. Sen. 14, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ab, [[near]] to, [[near]] by, [[hard]] by: [[bellum]] tam [[prope]] a Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6: [[prope]] a meis aedibus, id. Pis. 11, 26: [[prope]] ab [[domo]] detineri, id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So, comp.: stellae, aliae [[propius]] a terris, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87: [[propius]] visere [[mala]] reipublicae, Tac. A. 6, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[time]], [[near]], not [[far]] [[off]]: [[partus]] instabat [[prope]], [[was]] [[near]] at [[hand]], Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. [[with]] [[quando]], cum, ut, the [[time]] is [[near]] or not [[far]] [[off]], [[when]], etc.: [[prope]] est, [[quando]] [[herus]] [[pretium]] exsolvet, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25: [[prope]] adest, [[quom]] [[alieno]] [[more]] vivendum est mihi, Ter. And. 1, 1, 125: [[partitudo]] [[prope]] adest, ut fiat [[palam]], Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2: nox [[prope]] diremit [[colloquium]], i. e. the [[approach]] of [[night]], Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[degree]], [[nearly]], [[almost]], [[about]] (cf.: [[pene]], [[ferme]], [[fere]]): ejus filiam [[ille]] [[amare]] coepit [[perdite]], Prope jam ut pro uxore haberet, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10: [[prope]] funeratus Arboris ictu, Hor. C. 3, 8, 7: [[prope]] firmissima earum regionum [[civitas]], Caes. B. G. 5, 20: annos [[prope]] [[nonaginta]] [[natus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: [[prope]] desperatis rebus, id. Fam. 7, 28, 1: sic [[prope]] oneratum est sinistrum [[cornu]], ni, etc., Liv. 2, 65, 4; cf. id. 40, 32: [[prope]] est [[factum]] ut exirent, id. 25, 21: [[prope]] est ut aliquid fiat, [[something]] [[must]] be done, Dig. 35, 1, 67: [[prope]] perditae res, Liv. 5, 46, 7: [[Fidenae]] [[prope]] saepius captae, [[quam]], etc., id. 4, 32, 2: [[prope]] [[desertum]] [[oppidum]], id. 4, 51, 8.—After the [[word]] it qualifies: [[biennium]] [[prope]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62: [[princeps]] [[prope]] Stoicorum, id. Ac. 2, 33, 107: eisdem [[prope]] verbis, id. Leg. 2, 25, 64: his [[prope]] verbis id. Fin. 4, 6, 15: cursu [[prope]] Chalcidem contendit, Liv. 31, 24, 2: admirabilior [[prope]], id. 22, 37, 3: omnes [[prope]], id. 1, 14, 4; 23, 49, 14; 30, 30, 8.— Comp.: [[propius]] [[nihil]] est [[factum]], [[quam]] ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15: [[neque]] quidquam [[propius]] est [[factum]], [[quam]] ut, etc., id. Clu. 21, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Trop., comp. [[propius]], [[with]] [[inspicio]], [[considero]], [[nosco]], etc., [[more]] [[closely]], [[better]] ([[post]] - Aug.): [[qualis]] esset ejus (mortis) [[velut]] [[propius]] inspectae [[natura]], Sen. Ep. 30, 8: [[propius]] inspicere aliquem, id. ib. 5, 6: dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret [[propius]] [[inspectus]], id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3; 10, 95, 1: [[quam]] (lancem) cum [[Agamemnon]] [[propius]] consideraret, Petr. 1, 50: [[propius]] noscendum, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. [[penitus]].—<br /><b>II</b> Prep. [[with]] acc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., in [[space]], [[near]], [[near]] by, [[hard]] by: [[prope]] [[oppidum]], Caes. B. G. 7, 36: [[prope]] hostium [[castra]], id. ib. 1, 22: [[prope]] amnem, Verg. A. 8, 597: non [[modo]] [[prope]] me, sed [[plane]] [[mecum]] habitare, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: sedens [[prope]] limina tecti, Ov. F. 1, 137.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[time]], [[nigh]], [[towards]], [[about]]: [[prope]] lucem, [[towards]] daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[abstract]] [[proximity]], [[near]] to, [[almost]] to, not [[far]] from: [[prope]] metum res fuerat, Liv. 1, 25 fin.: [[prope]] seditionem ventum est, Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.
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|gf=<b>prŏpĕ</b>,⁶ [[propius]], [[proxime]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> adv.,<br /><b>1</b> [lieu] près, au près : [[prope]] [[alicubi]] [[esse]] Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1, être qq. part à proximité ; [[prope]] a [[Sicilia]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, près de la Sicile, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6 ; Pis. 26 ; [[propius]] a [[terra]] Cic. Nat. 2, 52, [[plus]] près de la terre<br /><b>2</b> [temps] : Ter. Ad. 307 ; [[prope]] [[est]] [[quando]] Pl. Men. 985 ; [[prope]] [[adest]] [[quom]] Ter. Andr. 152, le moment [[est]] proche où, ou [[prope]] [[adest]] ut Pl. Aul. 276<br /><b>3</b> presque, à peu près : annos [[prope]] [[nonaginta]] [[natus]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, ayant près de quatre-vingt-dix ans &#124;&#124; [[prope]] [[factum]] [[est]] ut Liv. 25, 21, 1 ; [[prope]] [[est]] ut Liv. 2, 23, 14, il s’en fallut de peu que ; il s’en faut de peu que ; v. [[propius]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> prép. acc. : [[prope]] [[oppidum]] Cæs. G. 7, 36, près de la ville ; [[prope]] me Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4, près de moi &#124;&#124; [[prope]] metum [[res]] fuerat Liv. 1, 25, 13, on avait été tout près de la crainte ; [[prope]] seditionem ventum [[est]] Tac. H. 3, 21, on fut à deux doigts d’une révolte.||[[prope]] [[factum]] [[est]] ut Liv. 25, 21, 1 ; [[prope]] [[est]] ut Liv. 2, 23, 14, il s’en fallut de peu que ; il s’en faut de peu que ; v. [[propius]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> prép. acc. : [[prope]] [[oppidum]] Cæs. G. 7, 36, près de la ville ; [[prope]] me Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4, près de moi||[[prope]] metum [[res]] fuerat Liv. 1, 25, 13, on avait été tout près de la crainte ; [[prope]] seditionem ventum [[est]] Tac. H. 3, 21, on fut à deux doigts d’une révolte.
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