iuxta

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juxtā: adv. and prep. sup. form from iugis; v. iungo,
I near to, nigh.
I Adv.
   A Lit., of place.
   1    Of several objects, near together, in close proximity: theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—
   2    In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of: legio, quae juxta constiterat, Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1: ut sellam juxta poneret, Sall. J. 65, 2: furiarum maxima juxta Accubat, Verg. A. 6, 605: forte fuit juxta tumulus, id. ib. 3, 22: procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat, Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51: abjecto clam juxta pugione, Suet. Ner. 34: thermisque juxta celeriter constructis, id. Tit. 7.— Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta, Ov. M. 8, 809.—
   B Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).
   (a)    Absol.: eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo, Sall. C. 2: aestatem et hiemem juxta pati, id. J. 85, 33: ceteri juxta insontes, Liv. 24, 5, 13: qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia, id. 32, 14, 2: juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret, Tac. A. 1, 6: solo caeloque juxta gravi, id. H. 5, 7.—
   (b)    With dat.: Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat, Liv. 24, 19, 6.—
   (g)    With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.: aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75: juxta eam curo cum mea, id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.; v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis, Sall. C. 58, 5: absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere, Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10: juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent, i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20: juxta ac si hostes adessent, Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3: in re juxta manifesta atque atroci, id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4; 5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere, Sall. C. 37, 8: litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus, id. J. 95, 3: juxta bonos et malos interficere, id. C. 51, 30.—
II Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).
   A Lit., of place: juxta eum castra posuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22: juxta murum castra posuit, Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4: totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt, Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case: hanc (aram) juxta, Nep. Paus. 4, 4: vicina Ceraunia juxta, Verg. A. 3, 506: cubiculum Caesaris juxta, Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.: Rhenum juxta, id. ib. 4, 5: Tiberim juxta, id. ib. 2, 41: Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit, Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—
   B Transf.
   1    Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with: juxta deos in tua manu positum est, Tac. H. 2, 76: apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur, Liv. 9, 9, 4: homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus, Gell. 4, 9: vilitate juxta beluas esse, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—
   2    Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as: velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Tac. G. 30: gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est, id. A. 6, 13: juxta seditionem esse, Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch: populi imperium juxta libertatem, Tac. A. 6, 42: sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos, Sall. H. 4, 13.—
   3    Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as: pariter ac, Liv. 41, 6: periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem, among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—
   4    In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.): huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit, Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.: quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit, Just. 1, 7, 1: convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat, id. 12, 3, 11.—
   5    According to: juxta praeceptum, Just. 2, 12, 25; Nazar. Pan. Const. 23; Vulg. Gen. 1, 11: juxta morem, id. ib. 19, 31: juxta hoc videtur et divus Hadrianus rescripsisse in haec verba, Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 28: juxta inclytum oratorem, Hier. Ep. 82.