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|lshtext=<b>propter</b>: adv. and prep. contr. for propiter, from [[prope]]; cf.: [[inter]], [[subter]].<br /><b>I</b> Adv., [[near]], [[hard]] by, at [[hand]] (syn.: [[prope]], juxta; [[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].). serito in [[loco]], ubi [[aqua]] [[propter]] siet, [[Cato]], R. R. 151, 2: ibi angiportum [[propter]] est, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37: [[propter]] dormire, id. Eun. 2, 3, 77: araque Panchaeos exhalat [[propter]] odores, Lucr. 2, 417: [[propter]] est [[spelunca]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. [[prope]]): vident unum virum esse ... et eum [[propter]] esse, id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13: cum duo reges [[propter]] assint, id. ib. 6, 16: (caules) si [[propter]] sati sunt, id. N. D. 2, 47, 120: duo filii [[propter]] cubantes, id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14: [[adulescentia]] voluptates [[propter]] intuens, id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25: [[cornix]] [[propter]] [[volans]], Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: [[praeter]] [[propter]], v [[praeter]]. —<br /><b>II</b> Prep. [[with]] acc., [[near]], [[hard]] by, [[close]] to (syn.: [[prope]], juxta, ad).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., of [[place]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].); stat [[propter]] virum fortem, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium [[propter]] [[mare]] collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32: hic [[propter]] hunc assiste, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: [[propter]] eam porticum situm erat [[dolium]], Varr ap. Non. 367, 31: [[propter]] Platonis statuam consedimus, Cic. Brut. 6, 25: [[propter]] aliquem assidere, id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28): insulae [[propter]] Siciliam, id. N. D. 3, 22, 55: [[propter]] aquae rivum, Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its [[case]]: viam [[propter]], Tac. A. 15, 47: hostem [[propter]], id. ib. 4, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., in stating a [[cause]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On [[account]] of, by [[reason]] of, from, for, [[because]] of (syn. ob; the predom. signif. of the [[word]]): parere legibus [[propter]] metum, Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.: [[propter]] metum poenae, id. Sest. 46, 99: [[propter]] eam ipsam causam, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72: [[propter]] frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: [[propter]] humanitatem, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2: is [[propter]] morbum exire non potuit, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: excusato languore faucium [[propter]] quem non adesset, Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes [[propter]] viam facere, to [[sacrifice]] on [[account]] of a [[journey]], Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.: [[propter]] viam [[fit]] [[sacrificium]] [[quod]] est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco, Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62: [[propter]] injuriam, to [[avoid]] [[injury]], Pall. 12, 13: [[propter]] hoc, [[propter]] [[quod]], on [[that]] [[account]], for [[which]] [[reason]], Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: [[propter]] me, te, etc., on my, [[thy]] [[account]], etc., as [[far]] as I ([[you]], etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me: egon [[propter]] me illam decipi miseram sinam? Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6: non est aequom me [[propter]] vos decipi, id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34: di [[numquam]] [[propter]] me de [[caelo]] descendent, Liv. 6, 18, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Through, by [[means]] of ([[rare]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Referring to persons in whom lies the [[cause]] of a [[thing]]: te [[propter]] tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55: [[propter]] quos vivit, [[through]] whom he lives, to whom he owes [[life]], Cic. Mil. 22, 58: lugere eum, [[propter]] quem ceteri laetarentur, id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To things by [[means]] of [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] takes [[place]]: [[quid]] [[enim]] [[refert]], [[utrum]] [[propter]] oves, an [[propter]] aves [[fructus]] capias? Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.— Placed [[after]] its [[case]]: [[quod]] [[propter]] studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.: suctum [[propter]] [[lactis]], Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115: [[quam]] [[propter]] tantos potui perferre labores, Verg. A. 12, 177.

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|georg=propter (v. [[prope]] st. propiter), I) Adv., [[daneben]], [[nahe]] [[dabei]], in der [[Nähe]], [[propter]] est [[spelunca]], Cic.: filii [[propter]] cubantes, Cic.: voluptates [[propter]] intueri, Cic.: cum [[duo]] reges cum maximis copiis [[propter]] adsint, Cic. – II) Praep. [[mit]] Acc.: A) eig., im Raume, [[neben]], [[neben]] [[daran]], [[nahe]] [[bei]], [[hart]] an, insulae [[propter]] Siciliam, Cic.: [[propter]] urbem, Cic.: [[propter]] [[castra]] praetergredi, Auct. b. Afr.: [[propter]] aquam, am [[Wasser]], Liv. – B) [[auf]] [[andere]] Verhältnisse übtr.: 1) zur [[Angabe]] [[des]] Grundes, [[wegen]], aus, [[durch]], [[propter]] metum, Cic.: [[propter]] [[eam]] ipsam causam, Cic.: [[propter]] frigora, Caes.: so [[namentlich]] [[propter]] viam facere bidenti, der [[Reise]] [[wegen]] [[opfern]], Laber. com. fr.; u. [[weil]] [[bei]] diesem [[Opfer]] alles übrige verbrannt wurde, [[scherzhaft]] = um das Seine [[kommen]], [[Cato]] fr.: so [[auch]] [[propter]] viam [[illi]] sunt vocati ad [[prandium]], sind um das Ihrige gekommen, Plaut. – [[bei]] Pers., [[propter]] quos vivit, [[durch]] die er lebt, Cic. – 2) um eine [[Beziehung]], [[Rücksicht]] auszudrücken, in [[Rücksicht]] [[auf]], [[wegen]], [[propter]] serpentes, Pallad.: [[propter]] [[hoc]], [[Varro]] u. Plin. ep., od. [[propter]] id, Plin. ep., od. [[propter]] [[quod]], Colum., od. [[propter]] [[quae]], Quint., [[deswegen]]. – [[bei]] Pers., in metu [[esse]] [[propter]] te unum, Cic.: [[propter]] quem (dem zu [[Gefallen]]) voluptatis [[loco]] habuit m. folg. Infin., Val. Max. – / [[propter]] m. Genet., Fulgent. ed. [[Helm]] p. 8, 14; 18, 4; 20, 15; 132, 2. – [[propter]] wird [[auch]] seinem [[Casus]] nachgesetzt, quem [[propter]], Cic.: hostem [[propter]], Tac.; vgl. Fritzsche Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 3, 100. Hildebr. Apul. [[met]]. 8, 13 extr. p. 689 (b).

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