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  • 1 accūrātē

        accūrātē adv. with comp. and sup.    [accuratus], carefully, precisely, exactly, nicely: causam dicere: accuratius ad aestūs vitandos aedificare, Cs.: accuratissime eius avaritiam accusare, N.: Saltem accurate (sc. me fallere debebas), you might at least have taken pains, T.
    * * *
    accuratius, accuratissime ADV
    carefully, accurately, precisely, exactly; nicely; painstakingly, meticulous

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  • 2 apparātē (adp-)

        apparātē (adp-) adv.    [apparatus], sumptuously: edere et bibere.—Of speech, elaborately, nicely: compositum, Her.

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  • 3 bellē

        bellē adv. with sup.    [bellus], prettily, neatly, well: belle et festive (in applause): se habere, to be well: minus belle habere, to be not quite well: bellissime esse: hoc non belle, a fault, H.: cum hoc fieri bellissime posset, would have served the purpose perfectly: cetera belle, everything else is well enough.
    * * *
    bellius, bellissime ADV
    well, nicely; satisfactorily/agreeably, suitably/neatly; fortunately/favorably; well

    w/esse -- have a nice time; w/habere -- be well; w/est -- all is well

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  • 4 minūtē

        minūtē adv. with comp.    [minutus], pettily, in a paltry manner: grandia dicere: res minutius tractare.
    * * *
    minutius, minutissime ADV
    in small pieces; in miniature scale; meanly, petty; nicely, w/discrimination

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  • 5 pulcrē

        pulcrē    see pulchre.
    * * *
    aptly; finely; nicely; (often used at begining of sentence)

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  • 6 scītē

        scītē adv.    [scitus], shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly: promittit tibi, T.: satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit eundi: (rationes) perscriptae: loqui, L.: parum scite convivium exornare, S.

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  • 7 adcurate

    adcuratius, adcuratissime ADV
    carefully, accurately, precisely, exactly; nicely; painstakingly, meticulous

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  • 8 amussito

    amussitare, amussitavi, amussitatus V TRANS
    make according to ruler/accurately/exactly/nicely

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  • 9 bellule

    prettily, nicely, finely

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  • 10 accuro

    ac-cūro ( adc.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (arch. accurassis = accuraveris, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 29; id. Pers. 3, 1, 65), to take care of, to do a thing with care.
    I.
    In gen. (in Plaut. and Ter. very often; more rare in the class. per., partic. in the verb. fin.; while the P. a. occurs very often in Cic., see below).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    prandium alicui,

    Plaut. Mer. 1, 3, 25:

    quod facto est opus,

    id. Cas. 3, 3, 25:

    rem sobrie aut frugaliter,

    id. Pers. 4, 1, 1 al.:

    melius adcurantur, quae consilio geruntur, quam quae sine consilio administrantur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58:

    virtus et cultus humanus sub tecto adcurantur,

    id. Fr. in Col. 12 praef.:

    barbam,

    Lampr. Heliog. 31.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ergo adcures: properato opus est,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 210, v. Ritschl a. h. l.—
    (γ).
    With ut or ne:

    omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, suspicionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; so with ut, Ter. And. 3, 2, 14; with ne, id. Hec. 5, 1, 12.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    adcurare aliquem,

    to treat one carefully, regale a guest, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 55.—Hence, accūrātus, a, um, P. a., prepared with care, careful, studied, elaborate, exact (never of persons, for which diligens is used;

    syn.: meditatus, exquisitus, elaboratus, politus): adcurata malitia,

    a studied artifice, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 20:

    adcuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    adcuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

    id. Brut. 82, 283:

    adcuratissima diligentia,

    id. Att. 7, 3 al:

    adcuratum habere = adcurare,

    to take care, be at pains, Plaut. Bac. 3, 6, 21. — Adv.: accūrāte, carefully, nicely, exactly (syn.:

    diligenter, studiose, exquisite),

    Cic. Att. 16, 5; id. Parad. 1, 4; id. Brut. 22 al.— Comp., id. Att. 8, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; id. B. Alex. 12.— Sup., id. Fam. 5, 17; Nep. Lys. 4, 2.

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  • 11 adcuro

    ac-cūro ( adc.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (arch. accurassis = accuraveris, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 29; id. Pers. 3, 1, 65), to take care of, to do a thing with care.
    I.
    In gen. (in Plaut. and Ter. very often; more rare in the class. per., partic. in the verb. fin.; while the P. a. occurs very often in Cic., see below).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    prandium alicui,

    Plaut. Mer. 1, 3, 25:

    quod facto est opus,

    id. Cas. 3, 3, 25:

    rem sobrie aut frugaliter,

    id. Pers. 4, 1, 1 al.:

    melius adcurantur, quae consilio geruntur, quam quae sine consilio administrantur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58:

    virtus et cultus humanus sub tecto adcurantur,

    id. Fr. in Col. 12 praef.:

    barbam,

    Lampr. Heliog. 31.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ergo adcures: properato opus est,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 210, v. Ritschl a. h. l.—
    (γ).
    With ut or ne:

    omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, suspicionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; so with ut, Ter. And. 3, 2, 14; with ne, id. Hec. 5, 1, 12.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    adcurare aliquem,

    to treat one carefully, regale a guest, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 55.—Hence, accūrātus, a, um, P. a., prepared with care, careful, studied, elaborate, exact (never of persons, for which diligens is used;

    syn.: meditatus, exquisitus, elaboratus, politus): adcurata malitia,

    a studied artifice, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 20:

    adcuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    adcuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

    id. Brut. 82, 283:

    adcuratissima diligentia,

    id. Att. 7, 3 al:

    adcuratum habere = adcurare,

    to take care, be at pains, Plaut. Bac. 3, 6, 21. — Adv.: accūrāte, carefully, nicely, exactly (syn.:

    diligenter, studiose, exquisite),

    Cic. Att. 16, 5; id. Parad. 1, 4; id. Brut. 22 al.— Comp., id. Att. 8, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; id. B. Alex. 12.— Sup., id. Fam. 5, 17; Nep. Lys. 4, 2.

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  • 12 amussito

    ămussĭto, āre, v. a. [amussis], to make according to rule, i. e. accurately, nicely:

    amussitata indoles,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 38 Ritschl.

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  • 13 apo

    ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].
    I.
    A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

    uteri terrae radicibus apti,

    fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

    bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

    united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

    gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

    linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

    Gell. 1, 15.—
    B.
    Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

    rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

    honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

    ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

    id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

    causa ex aeternis causis apta,

    id. Fat. 15, 34:

    cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

    non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

    Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

    vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    rudentibus apta fortuna,

    id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—
    II.
    A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

    aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

    Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

    conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

    Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

    genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

    bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

    quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

    id. 6, 1067 al.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Tim. 5:

    qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

    id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    omnia inter se apta et conexa,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

    apta inter se et cohaerentia,

    id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

    efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

    id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

    the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

    imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

    Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

    axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

    id. ib. 4, 482:

    veste signis ingentibus aptā,

    Lucr. 5, 1428:

    magis apta figura,

    id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

    Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

    Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,
    III.
    aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).
    A.
    In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

    locus ad insidias aptior,

    id. Mil. 20:

    calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

    aptum ad proelium,

    ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

    fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

    Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —
    (β).
    With dat.:

    non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

    Lucr. 6, 961:

    aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

    id. 6, 773:

    initia apta et accommodata naturae,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

    quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

    id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

    haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

    id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

    quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

    apta dies sacrificio,

    Liv. 1, 45:

    venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

    id. 25, 37 al.:

    notavi portus puppibus aptos,

    Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

    armis apta magis tellus,

    Prop. 4, 22, 19:

    aptum equis Argos,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

    apta vinculo conjugali,

    Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

    aptus amicis,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:
    (γ).
    With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

    in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

    Liv. 38, 21:

    formas deus aptus in omnes,

    apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

    in ceteros apta usus,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

    vasa apta in interitum,

    ib. Rom. 9, 22.—
    (δ).
    With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

    568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

    Cic. Am. 1, 4:

    est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

    Ov. H. 3, 70.—
    (ε).
    Poet., with inf:

    (Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

    Tib. 4, 1, 63:

    aetas mollis et apta regi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,
    (ζ).
    Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

    amor,

    Prop. 4, 22, 42:

    saltus,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    ars,

    Tib. 1, 7, 60:

    apta oscula,

    Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

    lar aptus,

    an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

    aptus exercitus,

    an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

    tempus aptum,

    the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—
    B.
    Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

    quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

    Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

    exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Absol.:

    atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

    capiti apte reponere,

    Liv. 1, 34, 8.—
    B.
    With ad:

    apte convenire ad pedem,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,
    C.
    With inter:

    ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

    Cic. Or. 44, 149.—
    II.
    Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.
    A.
    Absol.:

    facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

    quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

    apte et quiete ferre,

    id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

    non equite apte locato,

    Liv. 4, 37, 8:

    Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

    nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

    Curt. 8, 8, 13:

    floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

    Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

    qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

    Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

    Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

    Mart. 13, 26.—
    B.
    With dat.:

    si quid exierit numeris aptius,

    Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

    seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

    Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—
    C.
    With ad:

    (ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

    Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

    spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

    Liv. 1, 10, 5.

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  • 14 curiosus

    cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].
    I.
    (Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With in or ad:

    in omni historiā curiosus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

    si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

    id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

    ad investigandum curiosior,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—
    (β).
    With gen. (post-Aug.):

    medicinae,

    Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

    memoriae,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

    curiosissimus famae suae,

    Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—
    (γ).
    With circa:

    circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

    Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

    Petr. 46, 6; so,

    pictor,

    id. 29, 4:

    felicitas Horatii,

    id. 118, 5:

    manus,

    id. 13, 1:

    consilia,

    Quint. 7, 5, 2:

    interpolatione,

    Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —
    * 2.
    With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

    est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

    Quint. 8, 3, 55.—
    B.
    In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

    curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—
    2.
    Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

    primum patere me esse curiosum,

    Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

    quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

    id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

    curiosum aliquem extimescere,

    Petr. 127:

    Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

    Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—
    b.
    Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

    curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

    Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—
    II.
    (Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

    belua,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

    involvendus vestimentis,

    Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

    cavere,

    Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—
    * 2.
    Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

    curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

    Quint. 8, 1, 2.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

    inquirerem,

    Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

    curiosius conquiram,

    Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

    facere aliquid,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

    animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

    id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

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  • 15 graphicus

    grăphĭcus, a, um, adj., = graphikos, of or belonging to painting or drawing, graphic.
    I.
    Lit., only subst.: grăphĭce, ēs, f. (sc. ars), like hê graphikê, the art of drawing, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Picturesque, fine (very rare): eminentes expressiones graphicoteram efficient in aspectu delectationem (Gr. compar. graphikôteran), Vitr. 4, 4.—
    B.
    Of persons, exquisite, elegant, masterly, notable, skilful:

    graphicum mortalem Antiphonem!

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 64; cf. id. Ps. 1, 5, 104; 2, 4, 9:

    nugator,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 91:

    fur,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 17:

    servus,

    id. Ep. 3, 3, 29.—Hence, adv.: gră-phĭce.
    A.
    Picturesquely:

    versibus satis munde atque graphice factis describere,

    Gell. 10, 17, 2; 12, 4, 1.—
    B.
    In gen., finely, beautifully, nicely, exactly:

    obunctis oculis,

    App. M. 8, p. 214, 5:

    tum hanc hospitam crepidula ut graphice decet!

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 38:

    nunc ego huic graphice facetus flam,

    id. Pers. 2, 2, 5.

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  • 16 inaequalis

    ĭn-aequālis, e, adj.
    I.
    Uneven (in post-Aug. prose):

    loca,

    Tac. Agr. 36:

    mensae,

    i. e. not nicely finished, rough, Mart. 1, 56, 11; cf.:

    inaequalia et confragosa (sc loca),

    Quint. 8, 5, 29:

    inaequales beryllo Virro tenet phialas,

    Juv. 5, 38.—
    II.
    Unequal, unlike ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

    portus,

    of different sizes, Ov. M. 5, 408; cf.:

    triangula inaequalibus lateribus (opp. aequa),

    Quint. 1, 10, 41:

    siccat inaequales calices conviva,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:

    auctumni,

    changeable, variable in temperature, Ov. M. 1, 117:

    vixit inaequalis, clavum ut mutaret in horas,

    inconstant, inconsistent, Hor. S. 2, 7 10:

    stulti et inaequales,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 12:

    tonsor,

    that cuts unevenly, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 94:

    procellae,

    that roughen the sea, id. C. 2, 9, 3.— Comp.:

    nihil est ipsa aequalitate inaequalius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 5, 3.— Sup.:

    inaequalissimarum rerum sortes,

    Suet. Aug. 75. — Adv.: ĭnaequālĭter, unevenly, disproportionately:

    ova maturescunt,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8 Bonon. (al. inaequabiliter):

    censuram gerere,

    Suet. Claud. 15; id. Galb. 9:

    findi,

    Col. Arbor. 7, 5:

    dispergere bracchia,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    deprimere alios, alios extollere,

    Liv. 37, 53, 6.

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  • 17 mundulus

    mundŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. mundus], cleanly, neat, trim, nice, spruce (anteclass.):

    amasii,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 13.— Hence, adv.: mundŭlē, neatly, trimly, nicely (post-class.): qui ubi ad Dircaeum fontem adveniunt, mundule nitidantur jugulos quadripedantum, Att. ap. Non. 144, 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 602 Rib.):

    mundule amicta,

    App. M. 2, p. 117, 33.

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  • 18 propior

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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  • 19 propiora

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

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  • nicely — (adv.) early 14c., foolishly, from NICE (Cf. nice) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). From c.1600 as scrupulously; 1714 as in an agreeable fashion …   Etymology dictionary

  • nicely — nice|ly S3 [ˈnaısli] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(well)¦ 2¦(in a friendly/pleasant way)¦ 3 be doing nicely 4 that will do nicely 5¦(exactly)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WELL)¦ in a satisfactory, pleasant, or attractive way ▪ He was handsome and nicely dressed. ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nicely — [[t]na͟ɪsli[/t]] 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with v If something is happening or working nicely, it is happening or working in a satisfactory way or in the way that you want it to. → See also nice She has a bit of private money, so they manage quite… …   English dictionary

  • nicely */ — UK [ˈnaɪslɪ] / US adverb 1) in a satisfactory way The children are settling in nicely at school. 2) in an attractive way a nicely furnished flat 3) in a polite or friendly way If you ask Bob nicely, I m sure he ll help. 4) in a suitable or… …   English dictionary

  • nicely — nice|ly [ naısli ] adverb * 1. ) in a satisfactory way: The children are settling in nicely at school. 2. ) in an attractive way: a nicely furnished apartment 3. ) in a polite or friendly way: If you ask Bob nicely, I m sure he ll help. 4. ) in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Nicely — People commonly known solely by their family name Nicely include: Nick Nicely musician Jonnie Nicely Playboy model Tony Nicely CEO This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • nicely — [ˈnaɪsli] adv 1) in a satisfactory or suitable way That illustrates the point nicely.[/ex] 2) in an attractive way a nicely furnished flat[/ex] 3) in a polite or friendly way If you ask Bob nicely, I m sure he ll help.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • nicely — adv. Nicely is used with these adjectives: ↑balanced, ↑furnished, ↑polished, ↑rounded, ↑tanned Nicely is used with these verbs: ↑ask, ↑balance, ↑capture, ↑complement, ↑contrast, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • nicely — adverb Pleasantly; satisfactorily. He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, / And nicely trode, as thornes lay in his way, / Or that the flore to shrinke he did auyse [...] …   Wiktionary

  • Nicely — This is an interesting American variant form of the medieval Germanic surnames Nies, Nieser, and Niesller. However spelt all derive from the Ancient Greek personal name Dionysus meaning Keeper of wine . The American versions include Nicely,… …   Surnames reference

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