appropinquo
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Latin > English
appropinquo appropinquare, appropinquavi, appropinquatus V INTRANS :: approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ap-prŏpinquo: (adp-, Baiter, Weissenb.; app-, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.,
I to come near, draw nigh to, to approach.
I Of place.
a With ad: ad summam aquam adpropinquare, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: ad portam, Auct. B. Hisp. 3; so id. ib. 2 al.: ad juga montium adpropinquare, Liv. 40, 58.—
b With dat.: finibus Bellovacorum adpropinquare, Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.: munitionibus, id. ib. 7, 82: cum ejusmodi locis esset adpropinquatum, id. B. C. 1, 79 (in id. B. G. 4, 10, and Auct. B. Hisp. 5, the readings vary between the dat. and acc.): moenibus, Flor. 1, 13, 8: castris, Suet. Galb. 10 fin. al.—Trop.: illi poena, nobis libertas appropinquat, Cic. Phil. 4, 4 fin.: catulus ille, qui jam adpropinquat, ut videat, is near seeing, will soon see, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: Erant centuriones, qui jam primis ordinibus adpropinquarent, were near obtaining the first rank, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.—
II Of time: jamque hiems adpropinquabat, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: cum dies comitiorum adpropinquaret, Liv. 3, 34, 7; 5, 39, 8 al.: tempus, Suet. Dom. 14 al.: tuus adventus adpropinquat, Cic. Fam. 2, 6: rei maturitas, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 8 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
apprŏpinquō¹⁰ (adp-), āvī, ātum, āre, intr., s’approcher de : [avec ad ] Cic. Fin. 4, 64 || [avec le dat.] Cæs. G. 2, 10, 5 ; 6, 37, 2 ; 4, 25, 2 ; C. 3, 69, 1 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 64 || [en parl. du temps, etc.] approcher : Cic. Sulla 54 ; Cat. 3, 19, etc. || [fig.] primis ordinibus Cæs. G. 5, 44, 1, approcher du premier grade.
Latin > German (Georges)
ap-propinquo (ad-propinquo), āvī, ātum, āre, herannahen, sich nähern, nahe kommen, I) im Raume: ad summam aquam, Cic.: ad insulam, Nep. – m. Dat., ianuae, Liv.: finibus Bellovacorum, Caes.: u. ubi (Rhenus) Oceano appropinquat, Caes. – Passiv unpers., cum eiusmodi locis esset appropinquatum, Caes. b. c. 1, 79, 4. – selten m. in u. Akk., iniquum in locum, Auct. b. Hisp. 30, 2: u. m. bl. Acc., fluminis ripas, Auct. b. Hisp. 5, 5 zw. – absol., appropinquante manu, wenn man die Hand nahe bringt, Plin. 24, 167. – II) übtr.: a) v. der Zeit u. v. Zeitereignissen, hiems appropinquat, Caes.: cum dies comitiorum appropinquaret, Liv.: sed eius rei maturitas nequedum venit et tamen iam appropinquat, Cic.: quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod aut instare iam plane aut certe iam appropinquare, Cic.: ili poena, nobis libertas appropinquat, Cic. – b) von Pers.: qui iam appropinquat, ut videat, schon nahe daran ist, zu sehen, Cic.: centuriones, qui iam primis ordinibus appropinquabant, die Beförderung zur ersten Rangklasse in naher Aussicht hatten, Caes.
