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near neighborhood

  • 1 ближайшая окрестность

    1) Engineering: near neighborhood

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ближайшая окрестность

  • 2 близко расположенные

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    Lines close together indicate the strongest regions of the field.

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    Closely-pitched ribs can be provided to ensure ample cooling area.

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    With the unit particles in close proximity, this effect may extend throughout...

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    Близко расположенные (т.е. с малым шагом)
     Most of these were located in the near neighborhood of the blockage and were closely spaced to aid in the resolution of the position of reattachment.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > близко расположенные

  • 3 ཐོ་འཁོར་

    [tho 'khor]
    near, neighborhood

    Tibetan-English dictionary > ཐོ་འཁོར་

  • 4 большинство из них

    Большинство из них-- Most of these were located in the near neighborhood of the blockage.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > большинство из них

  • 5 в близости от

    В (непосредственной) близости от-- Most of these were located in the near neighborhood of the blockage.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > в близости от

  • 6 cerca2

    = near, nearby [near-by], near at hand, close at hand, handy, nigh, within walking distance, in the vicinity, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.
    Ex. You can restrict the neighborhood even more by using NEAR, which searches for two (or more) terms, in any order, in the same sentence.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. The firm does not have to be near at hand, but there must be plenty of cooperation and consultation as to selection of stock.
    Ex. Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.
    Ex. The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.
    Ex. The article 'The end is nigh' predicts that the information technology crisis is likely to be worse than predicted because of the need to organize replacement of systems affected by the millennium problem = El artículo "El fin esta cerca' predice que la crisis de la tecnología de la información es probable que sea pero de lo previsto debido a la necesidad de organizar la sustitución de los sistemas afectados por el problema del milenio.
    Ex. The pilot phase focused on the students at schools within walking distance of the Central Library.
    Ex. In general while on desk duty the librarian must be aware of what is happening in the vicinity and notice who is coming and going.
    Ex. For those who wish to make their own arrangements for accommodation, there are many hotels within easy walking distance.
    Ex. A great neighborhood has stores and shops that satisfy everyday needs within an easy walk from home.
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    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * cerca de = close to, near [nearer -comp., nearest -sup.], in the vicinity of, in close proximity to, around, a heartbeat away from, in sight of, in the proximity of.
    * cerca de + Fecha/Número = circa + Fecha/Número [ca o c, -abrev.].
    * cerca + Posesivo = at + Posesivo + elbow.
    * cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * controlado de cerca = closely monitored.
    * de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.
    * demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.
    * estar cerca = be at hand, be around.
    * estar cerca de = be close to.
    * estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.
    * lo suficientemente cerca = within range.
    * lo suficientemente cerca como para oír = within earshot of.
    * más cerca de = more nearly.
    * mirada de cerca = close look.
    * mirada más de cerca = closer look.
    * mucho más cerca = far closer.
    * muy cerca = close-by.
    * muy de cerca = not far behind.
    * peligrosamente cerca = too close for comfort.
    * seguido de cerca = closely followed, closely monitored.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * ver la muerte de cerca = have + brushes with death.
    * vigilado de cerca = under close guard.
    * vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye.
    * visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.
    * vivir cerca = live + locally.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerca2

  • 7 окрестность

    neighborhood, vicinity
    • Этот эффект обычно возникает, например, в окрестности... - The phenomenon commonly occurs, for example, near...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > окрестность

  • 8 поблизости

    нет ли побли́зости телефо́на-автома́та? — is there a public telephone nearby?

    нет ли здесь побли́зости апте́ки? — is there a drugstore in the neighborhood?

    Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > поблизости

  • 9 hampir

    near, close. 2 almost. hampir-an vicinity, neighborhood.

    Malay-English dictionary > hampir

  • 10 cerca

    adv.
    near, close.
    ¿está o queda cerca? is it near o nearby?
    cerca de near, close to; (en el espacio) nearly, about (aproximadamente)
    de cerca closely; (examinar, mirar) deeply; (afectar) first-hand (vivir)
    ver algo/a alguien de cerca to see something/somebody close up
    si no costó dos millones, andará cerca it can't have cost much less than two million
    f.
    1 fence (valla).
    2 picket fence.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cercar.
    * * *
    1 (lugar y tiempo) near, close
    \
    cerca de (cercano a) near, close 2 (aproximadamente) nearly, about, around
    ■ cerca de la estación near the station, close to the station
    de cerca closely
    ————————
    1 (vallado) fence, wall
    * * *
    1. adv.
    close, near, nearby
    2. noun f.
    2) wall
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    I
    SF (=valla) [de madera, alambre] fence; [de piedra, ladrillo] wall

    cerca eléctrica — electrified fence, electric fence

    II
    1. ADV
    1) [indicando proximidad] [de aquí o allí] near, nearby; [entre objetos, personas] close

    está aquí cerca — it's very o just near here

    ¿está cerca la estación? — is the station near here o nearby?

    las casas están tan cerca que se pueden oír las conversaciones de los vecinos — the houses are so close (to each other) that you can hear what the neighbours are saying

    las vacaciones están ya cerca — the holidays are nearly here, the holidays are not far off now

    • cerca de — near (to), close to

    2)

    • de cerca —

    a) (=a poca distancia) [ver] close up; [seguir, observar, vigilar] closely

    no veo bien de cerca — I can't see things close up, I'm long-sighted

    visto de cerca, parece mayor — when you see him close up o at close quarters, he seems older

    el coche iba a gran velocidad, seguido de cerca por su escolta — the car was travelling at a high speed, followed closely by its escort

    b) (=en persona) in person

    no conoce de cerca los problemas de la población — he does not have first-hand o personal knowledge of the people's problems

    3)

    • cerca de — (=casi) nearly

    cerca de 2.500 personas — nearly 2,500 people

    • estar cerca de hacer algo — to come close to doing sth

    estuvimos tan cerca de conseguir la victoria... — we were so close to obtaining victory...

    4) esp Cono Sur

    cerca nuestro/mío — near us/me

    2. SM †
    1) (=aspecto)
    2) pl cercas (Arte) foreground sing
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    I
    1)
    a) ( en el espacio) near, close

    ¿hay algún banco cerca? — is there a bank nearby o close by?

    cerca de algo/alguien — near something/somebody

    viven cerca de Tampico/de casa — they live near Tampico/near us

    b)

    de cerca — close up, close to

    2) ( en el tiempo) close

    cerca de algo/+ inf — close to something/-ing

    cerca de — almost, nearly

    cerca de 1.000 — almost o nearly 1,000

    II
    femenino (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wall
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( en el espacio) near, close

    ¿hay algún banco cerca? — is there a bank nearby o close by?

    cerca de algo/alguien — near something/somebody

    viven cerca de Tampico/de casa — they live near Tampico/near us

    b)

    de cerca — close up, close to

    2) ( en el tiempo) close

    cerca de algo/+ inf — close to something/-ing

    cerca de — almost, nearly

    cerca de 1.000 — almost o nearly 1,000

    II
    femenino (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wall
    * * *
    cerca1
    1 = picket fence, fence.

    Ex: The barrier between religion & government in the US is described as a picket fence between accommodationists & separationists.

    Ex: I asked why Mr McGregor had a fence around the garden and whether or not Peter needed to go there for food.
    * cerca de alambre = wire fence.
    * cerca de alambre de púas = barbed-wire fence.
    * cerca de tela metálica = wire fence.
    * peldaños para saltar una cerca = stile.

    cerca2
    = near, nearby [near-by], near at hand, close at hand, handy, nigh, within walking distance, in the vicinity, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

    Ex: You can restrict the neighborhood even more by using NEAR, which searches for two (or more) terms, in any order, in the same sentence.

    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: The firm does not have to be near at hand, but there must be plenty of cooperation and consultation as to selection of stock.
    Ex: Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.
    Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.
    Ex: The article 'The end is nigh' predicts that the information technology crisis is likely to be worse than predicted because of the need to organize replacement of systems affected by the millennium problem = El artículo "El fin esta cerca' predice que la crisis de la tecnología de la información es probable que sea pero de lo previsto debido a la necesidad de organizar la sustitución de los sistemas afectados por el problema del milenio.
    Ex: The pilot phase focused on the students at schools within walking distance of the Central Library.
    Ex: In general while on desk duty the librarian must be aware of what is happening in the vicinity and notice who is coming and going.
    Ex: For those who wish to make their own arrangements for accommodation, there are many hotels within easy walking distance.
    Ex: A great neighborhood has stores and shops that satisfy everyday needs within an easy walk from home.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * cerca de = close to, near [nearer -comp., nearest -sup.], in the vicinity of, in close proximity to, around, a heartbeat away from, in sight of, in the proximity of.
    * cerca de + Fecha/Número = circa + Fecha/Número [ca o c, -abrev.].
    * cerca + Posesivo = at + Posesivo + elbow.
    * cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * controlado de cerca = closely monitored.
    * de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.
    * demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.
    * estar cerca = be at hand, be around.
    * estar cerca de = be close to.
    * estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.
    * lo suficientemente cerca = within range.
    * lo suficientemente cerca como para oír = within earshot of.
    * más cerca de = more nearly.
    * mirada de cerca = close look.
    * mirada más de cerca = closer look.
    * mucho más cerca = far closer.
    * muy cerca = close-by.
    * muy de cerca = not far behind.
    * peligrosamente cerca = too close for comfort.
    * seguido de cerca = closely followed, closely monitored.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * ver la muerte de cerca = have + brushes with death.
    * vigilado de cerca = under close guard.
    * vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye.
    * visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.
    * vivir cerca = live + locally.

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    A
    1 (en el espacio) near, close
    su casa queda or está muy cerca her house is very near o very close
    ¿hay algún banco cerca? is there a bank nearby o close by?
    vamos a pie, queda aquí cerquita let's walk, it's very near (here) o it's very close
    queda cerquísima it's only just around the corner ( o just down the road etc)
    una de estas tiendas que hay aquí cerca one of these shops just up the road o around the corner o near here
    cerca DE algo/algn:
    viven cerca de casa/de Tampico they live near us/near Tampico
    siéntate cerca de mí or ( crit) cerca mío sit near me
    me siento muy cerca de ti I feel very close to you
    2
    de cerca close up, close to
    me acerqué para verlo de cerca I went nearer so I could see it close up o close to
    no veo bien de cerca I'm longsighted
    seguir algo de cerca to follow sth closely
    los exámenes ya están cerca the exams aren't far away now, the exams are getting quite close now
    cerca DE algo:
    estamos ya cerca de la Navidad Christmas is not far away
    cuando estemos más cerca de la fecha te lo diré I'll tell you closer to o nearer the day
    estás tan cerca de lograrlo you're so close o near to achieving it
    C
    (indicando aproximación): cerca de almost, nearly, close on
    vendieron cerca de 1.000 cabezas de ganado they sold almost o nearly o close on 1,000 head of cattle
    (de alambre, madera) fence; (de piedra) wall
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    Del verbo cercar: ( conjugate cercar)

    cerca es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    cerca    
    cercar
    cerca adverbio

    cerca de algo/algn near sth/sb;
    ◊ ¿hay algún banco cerca? is there a bank nearby o close by?;

    está por aquí cerca it's near here (somewhere);
    mirar algo/a algn de cerca to look at sth/sb close up o close to;
    seguir algo de cerca to follow sth closely


    estás tan cerca de lograrlo you're so close to achieving it;
    serán cerca de las dos it must be nearly 2 o'clock


    ■ sustantivo femenino (de alambre, madera) fence;
    ( de piedra) wall
    cercar ( conjugate cercar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround;

    ( con valla) to fence in

    c) (Mil) ‹ ciudad› to besiege;

    ‹ enemigo› to surround
    cerca 1 adverbio
    1 (a poca distancia) near, close: el colegio está cerca de la biblioteca, the school is near the library
    estábamos ya muy cerca, cuando..., we were almost there when...
    ponte más cerca de ella, get closer to her
    de cerca, closely: lo examiné de cerca, I examined it close up
    2 (próximo en el tiempo) soon: ya están cerca las vacaciones, the holidays are coming up soon
    ♦ Locuciones: cerca de, (casi, aproximadamente) nearly, around
    cerca de mil personas, about one thousand people
    les esperamos cerca de una hora, we waited for them for about an hour (a punto de) estuve cerca de conseguirlo, I very nearly succeeded
    cerca 2 sustantivo femenino fence, wall
    cercar verbo transitivo
    1 (con una valla) to fence, enclose
    2 (al enemigo) to surround
    ' cerca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borde
    - caer
    - encima
    - excavar
    - filo
    - junta
    - junto
    - mayoría
    - ponerse
    - seto
    - tarde
    - topless
    - valla
    - casi
    - encontrar
    - luego
    - portón
    - tapia
    - tocar
    - vecino
    - ventaja
    - ver
    - verja
    English:
    alongside
    - apprehend
    - around
    - avoid
    - by
    - chart
    - circa
    - close
    - closely
    - come up to
    - convenient
    - cricket
    - do
    - early
    - fence
    - go by
    - gunshot
    - hand
    - handy
    - hotly
    - inhibited
    - near
    - nearby
    - on
    - pass by
    - proximity
    - quarter
    - round
    - shadow
    - spitting distance
    - tail
    - thereabout
    - thereabouts
    - village
    - yacht
    - zoom in
    - anywhere
    - ear
    - examination
    - fencing
    - florist
    - follow
    - late
    - lie
    - point
    - range
    - run
    - set
    - somewhere
    - stile
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    [valla] fence; [muro] wall cerca eléctrica electric fence;
    cerca viva hedge
    ♦ adv
    1. [en el espacio] near, close;
    ¿está o [m5] queda cerca? is it near o nearby?;
    no me hace falta un taxi porque voy cerca I don't need a taxi, because I'm not going far;
    cerca de near, close to;
    la tienda está cerca del metro the shop's near the Br underground o US subway;
    está cerca de mí it's near me;
    estuvo cerca de ganar el premio she came close to winning the prize;
    de cerca [examinar, mirar] closely;
    [afectar] deeply; [vivir] first-hand;
    vivió de cerca el problema de las drogas she had first-hand experience of drug addiction;
    no ve bien de cerca he's long-sighted;
    ver algo/a alguien de cerca to see sth/sb close up;
    2. [en el tiempo]
    el verano ya está cerca summer is nearly here, summer isn't far away;
    cerca del principio close to o near the beginning;
    son cerca de las ocho it's about eight (o'clock);
    los hechos ocurrieron cerca de las seis de la tarde the events in question took place at around six o'clock in the evening;
    estamos cerca del final del festival we are nearing o approaching the end of the festival
    3. [indica aproximación]
    cerca de nearly, about;
    acudieron cerca de mil manifestantes there were nearly o about a thousand demonstrators there;
    si no costó 2 millones, andará cerca it can't have cost much less than 2 million
    * * *
    1 f fence
    2 adv
    1 near, close;
    de cerca close up;
    seguir de cerca follow closely;
    vivo muy cerca, me coge muy cerca I live very close by;
    cerca de near, close to
    2 ( casi) nearly
    * * *
    cerca adv
    1) : close, near, nearby
    2)
    cerca de : nearly, almost
    cerca nf
    1) : fence
    2) : (stone) wall
    * * *
    cerca1 adv near / close
    ¿vives cerca de aquí? do you live near here?
    cerca2 n fence

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerca

  • 11 proximidad

    f.
    closeness, proximity.
    dada la proximidad de las elecciones as the elections are imminent
    lo que más me gusta de esta casa es su proximidad al centro what I like best about this house is that it's so close to the center
    * * *
    1 proximity
    1 (vecindad) vicinity sing
    \
    en las proximidades de in the vicinity of
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF nearness, closeness
    * * *
    a) (en el tiempo, espacio) closeness, proximity (frml)
    b) proximidades femenino plural ( cercanías) vicinity

    en las proximidades del aeropuerto — in the vicinity of the airport, around the airport

    * * *
    = nearness, neighbourhood [neighborhood, -USA], proximity, propinquity, closeness.
    Ex. The usefulnes of fax also depends on the nearness of the fax receiver to the user.
    Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex. The order of classes should bring related subjects into proximity.
    Ex. Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.
    Ex. This is a method of calculating semantic similarity between sets of index terms, based on the maximal closeness values achieved by each term.
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    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * en las proximidades de = in the proximity of.
    * grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.
    * operador de proximidad = adjacency command, proximity operator, adjacency operator.
    * prueba de la máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour test.
    * * *
    a) (en el tiempo, espacio) closeness, proximity (frml)
    b) proximidades femenino plural ( cercanías) vicinity

    en las proximidades del aeropuerto — in the vicinity of the airport, around the airport

    * * *
    = nearness, neighbourhood [neighborhood, -USA], proximity, propinquity, closeness.

    Ex: The usefulnes of fax also depends on the nearness of the fax receiver to the user.

    Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex: The order of classes should bring related subjects into proximity.
    Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.
    Ex: This is a method of calculating semantic similarity between sets of index terms, based on the maximal closeness values achieved by each term.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * en las proximidades de = in the proximity of.
    * grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.
    * operador de proximidad = adjacency command, proximity operator, adjacency operator.
    * prueba de la máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour test.

    * * *
    1 (en el tiempo) closeness, proximity ( frml)
    2 (en el espacio) closeness, proximity ( frml)
    su proximidad me hace sentir incómodo I feel uncomfortable when she's near me
    en las proximidades del aeropuerto in the vicinity of the airport, around the airport
    * * *

    proximidad sustantivo femenino
    a) (en el tiempo, espacio) closeness, proximity (frml)

    b)

    ◊ proximidades sustantivo femenino plural ( cercanías) vicinity

    proximidad
    I sustantivo femenino (cercanía) nearness, proximity
    II fpl proximidades, (alrededores) vicinity
    en las proximidades de la ciudad, in the vicinity of the town
    ' proximidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acá
    English:
    handiness
    - nearness
    - proximity
    * * *
    1. [en el tiempo] closeness, proximity;
    dada la proximidad de las elecciones as the elections are imminent
    2. [en el espacio] closeness, proximity;
    lo que más me gusta de esta casa es su proximidad al centro what I like best about this house is that it's so close Br to the centre o US to downtown
    3.
    proximidades [de ciudad] surrounding area;
    [de lugar] vicinity;
    el avión cayó al mar en las proximidades de las Bahamas the plane crashed into the sea in the vicinity of the Bahamas
    * * *
    f proximity
    * * *
    1) : nearness, proximity
    2) proximidades nfpl
    : vicinity
    * * *
    proximidad n nearness / proximity

    Spanish-English dictionary > proximidad

  • 12 Gegend

    f; -, -en
    1. (Landschaft) country (-side); (Gebiet) area, region, part of the country; in der Gegend von München (nahe bei) near Munich; (um... herum) around Munich, in the Munich area
    2. in einer Stadt: area, part of town; (Nachbarschaft) neighbo(u)rhood, vicinity; (Umgebung) surroundings Pl., environs Pl.; in unserer Gegend in our area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood), where we live; eine üble Gegend a tough area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood); hier in der Gegend around here, in this area, in these parts; wenn Sie mal wieder in der Gegend sind if ever you happen to be in the area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood) again; außerhalb der Stadt: if you ever happen to be in these parts ( oder in this part of the country etc.) again; die Gegend unsicher machen umg. terrorize the neighbo(u)rhood
    3. (Körpergegend) region, area; die Gegend um den Blinddarm (the area) around the appendix; der Schmerz sitzt ungefähr in dieser Gegend the pain is roughly in this area
    4. umg.: in der Gegend herumlaufen / herumwerfen have a stroll around (the area) / throw things everywhere ( oder anywhere); muss dein Zeug denn überall in der Gegend herumliegen? do you have to leave your things (lying) all over the place?; schrei nicht so in der Gegend herum! stop shouting your head off!; wie läufst du denn wieder durch die Gegend? what do you look like?
    5. umg., fig.: die ganze Gegend kam everyone (from miles around) came, the whole village etc. came; es kostet 100 Euro oder so, ungefähr in dieser Gegend it costs 100 euros or thereabouts ( oder or something like that)
    * * *
    die Gegend
    (Landschaft) country; countryside;
    (Region) tract; region; area
    * * *
    Ge|gend ['geːgnt]
    f -, -en
    [-dn] area; (= Wohngegend auch) neighbourhood (Brit), neighborhood (US), district; (= geografisches Gebiet, Körpergegend) region; (= Richtung) direction; (inf = Nähe) area

    die Gégend von London, die Londoner Gégend — the London area

    er wohnt in der Gégend des Bahnhofs — he lives in the area near the station

    Neuwied liegt in einer schönen Gégend — Neuwied is in a beautiful area

    eine schöne Gégend Deutschlands — a beautiful part of Germany

    hier in der Gégend — (a)round here, in this area, hereabouts

    ungefähr in dieser Gégend — somewhere in this area

    die ganze Gégend spricht davon — it's the talk of the neighbourhood (Brit) or neighborhood (US)

    ein bisschen durch die Gégend laufen (inf) — to have a stroll (a)round

    sie warfen die leeren Bierflaschen einfach in die Gégend (inf) — they just threw the empty beer bottles around anywhere

    brüll nicht so durch die Gégend (inf) — don't scream your head off (inf)

    * * *
    die
    1) (a place; part (of a town etc): Do you live in this area?) area
    2) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) quarter
    * * *
    Ge·gend
    <-, -en>
    [ˈge:gn̩t, pl ˈge:gn̩dən]
    f
    1. (geographisches Gebiet) region, area
    2. (Wohngegend) area, neighbourhood BRIT, neighborhood AM, district
    die \Gegend unsicher machen (fam) to be on the loose [in the area], to paint the town red fam
    3. (fam: Richtung) direction
    4. (Nähe) area
    in der Münchner \Gegend [o \Gegend von München] in the Munich area
    in der \Gegend um etw akk (sl) in the region of sth, approximately
    in der \Gegend um Ostern/um den 15. around about Easter/the 15th
    5. ANAT region
    6. (Gebiet um jdn herum)
    in der \Gegend herumbrüllen to yell one's head off
    durch die \Gegend laufen/fahren (fam) to stroll about/drive around
    in die \Gegend (fam) anywhere
    heb das Papier auf, das kannst du nicht einfach so in die \Gegend werfen pick that paper up, you can't just throw it anywhere
    * * *
    die; Gegend, Gegenden
    1) (Landschaft) landscape; (geographisches Gebiet) region

    durch die Gegend latschen/kurven — (salopp) traipse around (coll.) /drive around

    2) (Umgebung) area; neighbourhood

    in der Gegend von/um Hamburg — in the Hamburg area

    3)
    * * *
    Gegend f; -, -en
    1. (Landschaft) country(-side); (Gebiet) area, region, part of the country;
    in der Gegend von München (nahe bei) near Munich; (um … herum) around Munich, in the Munich area
    2. in einer Stadt: area, part of town; (Nachbarschaft) neighbo(u)rhood, vicinity; (Umgebung) surroundings pl, environs pl;
    in unserer Gegend in our area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood), where we live;
    eine üble Gegend a tough area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood);
    hier in der Gegend around here, in this area, in these parts;
    wenn Sie mal wieder in der Gegend sind if ever you happen to be in the area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood) again; außerhalb der Stadt: if you ever happen to be in these parts ( oder in this part of the country etc) again;
    die Gegend unsicher machen umg terrorize the neighbo(u)rhood
    3. (Körpergegend) region, area;
    die Gegend um den Blinddarm (the area) around the appendix;
    der Schmerz sitzt ungefähr in dieser Gegend the pain is roughly in this area
    4. umg:
    in der Gegend herumlaufen/herumwerfen have a stroll around (the area)/throw things everywhere ( oder anywhere);
    muss dein Zeug denn überall in der Gegend herumliegen? do you have to leave your things (lying) all over the place?;
    schrei nicht so in der Gegend herum! stop shouting your head off!;
    wie läufst du denn wieder durch die Gegend? what do you look like?
    5. umg, fig:
    die ganze Gegend kam everyone (from miles around) came, the whole village etc came;
    es kostet 100 Euro oder so, ungefähr in dieser Gegend it costs 100 euros or thereabouts ( oder or something like that)
    * * *
    die; Gegend, Gegenden

    durch die Gegend latschen/kurven — (salopp) traipse around (coll.) /drive around

    2) (Umgebung) area; neighbourhood

    in der Gegend von/um Hamburg — in the Hamburg area

    3)
    * * *
    -en f.
    clime n.
    country n.
    quarter n.
    region n.

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  • 13 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Circa

  • 14 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circa

  • 15 вблизи

    1) General subject: alongside, around, close, in the vicinity of (от чего-л.), just outside, near hand, near-hand, nearby, not a hundred miles away, close to, in close up
    2) Geology: near, near by
    3) Naval: by
    4) Obsolete: anigh
    6) Railway term: thereabouts
    7) Architecture: at close quarters
    8) Forestry: at hand
    9) Drilling: nr (near)
    10) Makarov: in the neighbor of (...) (...)
    11) Archaic: anear
    12) Gold mining: at nearby
    13) Phraseological unit: bear in with (Nearer.)
    14) Idiomatic expression: up-close (up-close views of rare fish; up-close glimpses of the big money; It looks very different up close)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вблизи

  • 16 propinqua

    prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of place:

    rus,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

    loca,

    Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

    nimium propinquus Sol,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

    propinquum praedium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

    provinciae,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

    in propinquis urbis montibus,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    ex propinquis itineris locis,

    Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

    exsilium paulo propinquius,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

    ex propinquo cognoscere,

    from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

    ex propinquo aspicio,

    id. 28, 44:

    consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

    id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

    propinqua partitudo,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    reditus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

    mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

    Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—
    B.
    Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

    motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

    significatio,

    Gell. 6, 16, 11.—
    C.
    Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

    tibi genere propinqui,

    Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

    affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

    tot propinqui cognatique,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    propinquus et amicus,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    propinqui ceteri,

    Sall. J. 14, 15:

    aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

    Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

    virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

    Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

    adest propinque,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propinqua

  • 17 propinquum

    prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of place:

    rus,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

    loca,

    Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

    nimium propinquus Sol,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

    propinquum praedium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

    provinciae,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

    in propinquis urbis montibus,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    ex propinquis itineris locis,

    Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

    exsilium paulo propinquius,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

    ex propinquo cognoscere,

    from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

    ex propinquo aspicio,

    id. 28, 44:

    consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

    id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

    propinqua partitudo,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    reditus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

    mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

    Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—
    B.
    Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

    motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

    significatio,

    Gell. 6, 16, 11.—
    C.
    Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

    tibi genere propinqui,

    Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

    affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

    tot propinqui cognatique,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    propinquus et amicus,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    propinqui ceteri,

    Sall. J. 14, 15:

    aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

    Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

    virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

    Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

    adest propinque,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propinquum

  • 18 propinquus

    prŏpinquus, a, um, adj. [prope], near, neighboring (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of place:

    rus,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

    loca,

    Sall. J. 12, 2; 48, 4:

    nimium propinquus Sol,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

    propinquum praedium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

    provinciae,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34: insulae propinquae inter se, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 495, 33.—With gen.:

    in propinquis urbis montibus,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    ex propinquis itineris locis,

    Liv. 6, 25, 7 (al. itineri). — Comp.:

    exsilium paulo propinquius,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 51.— Subst.: prŏpinquum, i, n., neighborhood, vicinity:

    ex propinquo cognoscere,

    from being in the neighborhood, Liv. 25, 13; 22, 33, 4; 44, 3, 8:

    ex propinquo aspicio,

    id. 28, 44:

    consulis castra in propinquo sunt,

    id. 24, 38 fin.; 25, 15, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, near, at hand, not far off:

    propinqua partitudo,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    reditus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 3:

    mors, id. Div, 1, 30, 65: spes,

    Liv. 28, 25: vespera, Tac. A. [p. 1470] 15, 60.—
    B.
    Near in resemblance, resembling, similar, like:

    motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185:

    significatio,

    Gell. 6, 16, 11.—
    C.
    Near in relationship or connection, kindred, related:

    tibi genere propinqui,

    Sall. J. 10, 3; Verg. A. 2, 86; Suet. Ner. 3.— Subst.: prŏpinquus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman (syn.:

    affinis, agnatus): societas propinquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

    tot propinqui cognatique,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    propinquus et amicus,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    propinqui ceteri,

    Sall. J. 14, 15:

    aequabiliter in longinquos, in propinquos,

    Cic. Mil. 28, 76; id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; id. Planc. 12, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 218; 1, 1, 83.—In fem.: prŏ-pinqua, ae, a female relative, kinswoman:

    virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

    Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—Hence, adv.: prŏ-pinquē, near, at hand, hard by (ante- and post-class.):

    adest propinque,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 18; 2, 7, 21; Front. Ep. ad Anton. 2, 2 Mai.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propinquus

  • 19 Б-157

    ПОД БОКОМ (ПОД БОКОМ) (у кого) coll PrepP these forms only adv or subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr, a geographical name, a noun denoting an organization etc, or human) very near, in immediate proximity
    close (near) at hand
    (right) close by nearby (near by) (in limited contexts) right there (here) in s.o. 's immediate neighborhood just (right) around the corner (right) at s.o. fe side (right) under s.o. 's nose at (on) s.o. Ts doorstep.
    ...Стрелецкая слобода была у него под боком и он мог прибыть туда через полчаса (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....The Musketeers District was right close by and he could have been there in half an hour (1a).
    Тем была люба война на восстании, что под боком у каждого бойца был родимый курень. Надоедало ходить в заставы и секреты, надоедало в разъездах мотаться по буграм и перевалам, - казак отпрашивался у сотенного, ехал домой... (Шолохов 4). The one good thing about the insurgent war was that every Cossack had a home near by. When he grew tired of outpost duty or riding on patrol over hill and dale, he could ask permission of his squadron commander and go home... (4a).
    .При нужде можно весь урожай одним мешком перетаскать -огород под боком... (Распутин 4)....If you had to you could drag the entire harvest in one sack - for the garden was right there... (4a).
    ...Никак нельзя допустить, что господин Ратабон по рассеянности не заметил, что под боком у него играют актёры... (Булгаков 5). It surely cannot be assumed that Monsieur Ratabon had absent-mindedly failed to notice the actors playing in his immediate neighborhood... (5a).
    Приятно, в самом деле, иметь у себя под боком подземный мраморный дворец (Аксёнов 6). It really is very pleasant to have one's own subterranean marble palace just around the corner (6a).
    Всё ясно: Сталин хочет забрать его (Кирова) из Ленинграда, хочет иметь его под боком в Москве, хочет полного подчинения (Рыбаков 2). It was quite clear: Stalin wanted him (Kirov) out of Leningrad, he wanted him at his side in Moscow where he could keep him under full control (2a).
    Он опасался поначалу, не окажется ли его будущий зять с завихрениями, с интеллигентскими выкрутасами. Только такого ему не хватало под боком! (Ерофеев 3). ( context transl) Не had been worried at first that his future son-in-law would turn out to be one of those weird types with intellectual pretensions. That was all he needed—one of those right in his own family! (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Б-157

  • 20 под боком

    • ПОД БОКОМ < ПОД БОКОМ> (у кого) coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: concr, a geographical name, a noun denoting an organization etc, or human]
    =====
    ⇒ very near, in immediate proximity:
    - [in limited contexts] right there (here);
    - in s.o.'s immediate neighborhood;
    - (right) at s.o.'s side;
    - (right) under s.o.'s nose;
    - at (on) s.o.Ts doorstep.
         ♦...Стрелецкая слобода была у него под боком и он мог прибыть туда через полчаса (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....The Musketeers District was right close by and he could have been there in half an hour (1a).
         ♦ Тем была люба война на восстании, что под боком у каждого бойца был родимый курень. Надоедало ходить в заставы и секреты, надоедало в разъездах мотаться по буграм и перевалам, - казак отпрашивался у сотенного, ехал домой... (Шолохов 4). The one good thing about the insurgent war was that every Cossack had a home near by. When he grew tired of outpost duty or riding on patrol over hill and dale, he could ask permission of his squadron commander and go home... (4a).
         ♦...При нужде можно весь урожай одним мешком перетаскать - огород под боком... (Распутин 4)....If you had to you could drag the entire harvest in one sack - for the garden was right there... (4a).
         ♦...Никак нельзя допустить, что господин Ратабон по рассеянности не заметил, что под боком у него играют актёры... (Булгаков 5). It surely cannot be assumed that Monsieur Ratabon had absent-mindedly failed to notice the actors playing in his immediate neighborhood... (5a).
         ♦ Приятно, в самом деле, иметь у себя под боком подземный мраморный дворец (Аксёнов 6). It really is very pleasant to have one's own subterranean marble palace just around the corner (6a).
         ♦ Всё ясно: Сталин хочет забрать его [Кирова] из Ленинграда, хочет иметь его под боком в Москве, хочет полного подчинения (Рыбаков 2). It was quite clear: Stalin wanted him [Kirov] out of Leningrad, he wanted him at his side in Moscow where he could keep him under full control (2a).
         ♦ Он опасался поначалу, не окажется ли его будущий зять с завихрениями, с интеллигентскими выкрутасами. Только такого ему не хватало под боком! (Ерофеев 3). [context transl] He had been worried at first that his future son-in-law would turn out to be one of those weird types with intellectual pretensions. That was ail he needed - one of those right in his own family! (3a).

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