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  • 1 suggerō

        suggerō gessī, gestus, ere    [sub+gero], to bring under, lay beneath, apply below: flamma suggeritur costis aëni, V.— To throw up: suggestā humo, i. e. with an earthen wall, Pr.— To furnish, afford, supply: his rebus sumptum, T.: tela mihi, V.: divitias tellus Suggerit, O.: quae vendatis, L.— Fig., to assign, add, subjoin, supply: huic incredibili sententiae ratiunculas: Bruto Horatium, place next in order, L.: suggerebantur saepe damna aleatoria, were added.—To put on, impose upon: aut Druso ludus est suggerendus aut, etc., is to be imposed upon.—To suggest, prompt: nullis questibus omissis, quos dolor suggerit, Cu.
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    suggerere, suggessi, suggestus V
    suggest, furnish

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  • 2 subgero

    sug-gĕro ( subg-), gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to carry, bring, put or lay under, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.:

    flammam costis aëni,

    Verg. A. 7, 463:

    ignem fornace succensā,

    Pall. 1, 20, 2. —
    B.
    To heap up, raise, erect, build:

    humo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8; cf.:

    celsis suggesta theatra columnis,

    Sil. 14, 644.—
    C.
    To furnish, afford, supply ( = praebeo, suppedito, ministro):

    cur tu his rebus sumptum suggeris?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 37:

    tela mihi,

    Verg. A. 10, 333:

    omnium rerum apparatus, Auct. B. Alex. 3, 1: cibum animalibus,

    Tac. H. 3, 36:

    divitias alimentaque (tellus),

    Ov. M. 15, 82:

    feras silvae affatim suggerunt,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1:

    ructanti pinnas rubentes,

    Mart. 3, 82, 8. — Absol.:

    aliae (apes) struunt, aliae suggerunt,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop., to afford, furnish, supply:

    invidiae flammam ac materiam criminibus suis suggerere,

    Liv. 3, 11:

    suggeram quae vendatis,

    id. 10, 17, 5:

    materiam interrogationi,

    Quint. 5, 7, 8. —
    B.
    To excite, produce:

    sincipitamenta porcina, quae anteposita in mensā mihi bulimum suggerant,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 Ritschl (MSS. milvina; cf.

    Brix ad loc.): aut Druso ludus est suggerendus aut, etc.,

    is to be put upon, imposed upon, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2. —
    C.
    To suggest, advise, prompt, offer, bring to mind:

    quoties aequitas restitutionem suggerit,

    Dig. 4, 6, 26 fin.; cf.:

    quae (res) suggerit, ut Italicarum rerum esse credantur eae res,

    reminds, admonishes, ib. 28, 5, 35 fin.:

    quaedam de republicā,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66, 2. — Absol.:

    suggerente conjuge,

    at the instigation of, Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 11; cf.:

    suggerente irā,

    id. ib. 12, 10.—
    D.
    To assign, add, subjoin: huic incredibili [p. 1794] sententiae ratiunculas suggerit, Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    copiam argumentorum singulis generibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    firmamenta causae,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331:

    verba, quae desunt,

    id. ib. 2, 26, 110: apud quosdam veteres auctores non invenio Lucretium consulem;

    Bruto statim Horatium suggerunt,

    place next in order, Liv. 2, 8; 9, 44:

    ut quidam annales nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant,

    id. 4, 20:

    suggerebantur damna aleatoria,

    were added, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.

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  • 3 suggero

    sug-gĕro ( subg-), gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to carry, bring, put or lay under, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.:

    flammam costis aëni,

    Verg. A. 7, 463:

    ignem fornace succensā,

    Pall. 1, 20, 2. —
    B.
    To heap up, raise, erect, build:

    humo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8; cf.:

    celsis suggesta theatra columnis,

    Sil. 14, 644.—
    C.
    To furnish, afford, supply ( = praebeo, suppedito, ministro):

    cur tu his rebus sumptum suggeris?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 37:

    tela mihi,

    Verg. A. 10, 333:

    omnium rerum apparatus, Auct. B. Alex. 3, 1: cibum animalibus,

    Tac. H. 3, 36:

    divitias alimentaque (tellus),

    Ov. M. 15, 82:

    feras silvae affatim suggerunt,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1:

    ructanti pinnas rubentes,

    Mart. 3, 82, 8. — Absol.:

    aliae (apes) struunt, aliae suggerunt,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop., to afford, furnish, supply:

    invidiae flammam ac materiam criminibus suis suggerere,

    Liv. 3, 11:

    suggeram quae vendatis,

    id. 10, 17, 5:

    materiam interrogationi,

    Quint. 5, 7, 8. —
    B.
    To excite, produce:

    sincipitamenta porcina, quae anteposita in mensā mihi bulimum suggerant,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 Ritschl (MSS. milvina; cf.

    Brix ad loc.): aut Druso ludus est suggerendus aut, etc.,

    is to be put upon, imposed upon, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2. —
    C.
    To suggest, advise, prompt, offer, bring to mind:

    quoties aequitas restitutionem suggerit,

    Dig. 4, 6, 26 fin.; cf.:

    quae (res) suggerit, ut Italicarum rerum esse credantur eae res,

    reminds, admonishes, ib. 28, 5, 35 fin.:

    quaedam de republicā,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66, 2. — Absol.:

    suggerente conjuge,

    at the instigation of, Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 11; cf.:

    suggerente irā,

    id. ib. 12, 10.—
    D.
    To assign, add, subjoin: huic incredibili [p. 1794] sententiae ratiunculas suggerit, Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    copiam argumentorum singulis generibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    firmamenta causae,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331:

    verba, quae desunt,

    id. ib. 2, 26, 110: apud quosdam veteres auctores non invenio Lucretium consulem;

    Bruto statim Horatium suggerunt,

    place next in order, Liv. 2, 8; 9, 44:

    ut quidam annales nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant,

    id. 4, 20:

    suggerebantur damna aleatoria,

    were added, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.

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  • 4 deinde

        deinde (in poetry two syll.), or dein (in poetry one syll.), adv.    [de + locat. suffix -im + demonstr. -de].—In space, then, next, thereafter, thence: via interest perangusta, deinde paulo latior patescit campus, L.: duo binis pedibus incisim, dein membratim, etc.: iuxta Hermanduros Narisci, ac deinde Marcomanni, Ta.—In time, thereafter, afterwards, then, next, immediately: complurīs occiderunt, deinde se in castra receperunt, Cs.: latae deinde leges, L.: alia deinde alia loca petere, roam from place to place, S.: unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, Pugnabant, H.: deinde faciundi licentia, of repeating the offence, S.: primum suo, deinde omnium ex conspectu remotis equis, Cs.:... deinde... deinde... post... tum vero: deinde postea: post deinde, T.: deinde postremo: deinde ad extremum. — Of future time, next, the next time, then: quas ad te deinde litteras mittemus: Quae nunc deinde mora est? any longer, V. —Adding a new fact or argument, afterwards, next in order, then, besides, also: deinde etiam vereor, ne, etc.: primum... deinde (three times): primum... deinde (eight times)... postremo, C.: excellente tum Crasso, deinde Philippo, post Iulio, in the second rank.—Then, therefore, naturally, of course: qualis nostra virtus fuerit, talem deinde fortunam urbis fore, L.
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    then/next/afterward; thereon/henceforth/from there/then; in next position/place

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  • 5 deinde

    dĕindĕ, and abbrev. dein (cf. Prisc. p. 1008 P., and exin, proin —in both forms ei is monosyl. in the class. poets;

    as dissyl.,

    Prud. Cath. 10, 100; id. Ditt. 1, 1), adv. [de-inde], thereafter, thereupon (for syn. cf.: dein, exinde, inde, deinceps, post, postea, porro).—
    I.
    In place (rare), from there, from that place:

    via interest perangusta, deinde paulo latior patescit campus,

    Liv. 22, 4.—
    B.
    Transf. in (local) succession, thereafter, next (cf. dehinc, no. I. B.):

    auxiliares Galli Germanique in fronte, post quos pedites sagittarii, dein quatuor legiones, exin totidem aliae legiones, etc.,

    next, Tac. A. 2, 16:

    juxta Hermanduros Narisci, ac deinde Marcomanni,

    id. G. 42:

    haec quidem duo binis pedibus incisim: dein membratim, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 63, 213; cf. id. N. D. 2, 42 fin.:

    Baliares locat ante signa... dein graviorem armis peditem,

    Liv. 21, 55, 2.—
    II.
    In time.
    A.
    Thereafter, afterwards, then (common in all periods and styles):

    hostes contra legiones suas instruunt. Deinde utrique imperatores in medium exeunt,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 68:

    accepit conditionem, dein quaestum occipit,

    Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52:

    complures ex iis occiderunt: deinde se in castra receperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 35 fin.:

    dein Tubero, Nescio (inquit) Africane,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 10: incipe, Damoeta;

    tu deinde sequēre, Menalca. Alternis dicetis,

    Verg. E. 3, 58;

    unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 101:

    in Aequis nihil deinde memorabile actum,

    Liv. 3, 3.—
    b.
    Freq. after primum, principio, prius, inde, postea, postremo, etc.:

    Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium ex conspectu remotis equis, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 3, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74; 3, 108 et saep.:

    principio duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, deinde, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    plebs montem sacrum prius, deinde Aventinum occupavit,

    id. ib. 2, 33; cf. ib. 2, 37:

    hunc secutus est Cursor. deinde L. Maso aedilicius: inde multi Masones...: deinde Carbones et Turdi insequuntur,

    id. Fam. 9, 21 med.:

    jubent venire agros Attalensium...: deinde agros in Macedonia regios...: deinde agrum optimum et fructuosissimum Corinthium...: post autem agros in Hispania... tum vero ipsam veterem Carthaginem vendunt,

    id. Agr. 1, 2, 5:

    quippe oppidana lascivia invicem incessente probra, deinde saxa, postremo ferrum sumpsere,

    Tac. A. 14, 17 et saep.; so,

    corresp. with in praesentia,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 26.—
    c.
    Connected with tum, tunc, postea, porro, postremo, etc.:

    primum ea quae sumus acturi cogitare debemus, deinde tum dicere ac facere,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.; so,

    deinde tum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 27:

    deinde tunc,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 23:

    tum deinde,

    Liv. 2, 8:

    tunc deinde,

    Val. Fl. 8, 109: servos Milonis sibi confessos esse de interficiendo Cn. Pompeio conjurasse;

    deinde postea se gladio percussum esse, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 24, 65; so,

    deinde postea,

    id. Inv. 1, 28, 43: id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2: Liv. 41, 24; Cels. 3, 4; 5, 28 al.:

    postea deinde,

    id. 7, 8; Val. Max. 9, 1 ext. 5; cf.

    also deinde eam postea supprimat,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

    post deinde,

    Ter. Andr. 3, 2, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 23:

    deinde post,

    Nep. Eum, 5, 5; Vell. 2, 23, 3:

    deinde porro,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 103; id. Epid. 5, 2, 61:

    mox deinde,

    Tib. 1, 5, 73:

    deinde postremo,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43; cf.:

    deinde ad extremum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28; id. Pis. 31 fin.:

    deinde deinceps,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 64 (dub.); id, Leg. 3, 2, 4; Liv. 2, 47.—
    d.
    Strengthened by cum, postquam, posteaquam, ubi, etc.:

    dein (deinde) cum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

    deinde cum,

    as soon as, Liv. 3, 47; cf.:

    dein cum,

    Plin. 19, 8, 51, § 166:

    deinde (dein) postquam,

    Liv. 3, 66; 6, 13; 7, 37 et saep.:

    deinde posteaquam,

    Cels. 7 praef.:

    deinde (dein) ubi,

    Sall. J. 68, 69; id. C. 45 fin.; Liv. 7, 14. —
    B.
    Of future time, hereafter, from this time forward (rare):

    tu velim cures ut sciam, quibus nos dare oporteat eas, quas ad te deinde litteras mittemus,

    Cic. ad Q. Frat. 3, 8, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 280;

    experiamini quidquid deinde fors tulerit,

    Curt. 5, 25, 17. —
    III.
    In an enumeration or succession of facts or arguments, afterwards, next in order, then:

    ut a prima congressione maris et feminae, deinde a progenie et cognatione ordiar, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 48:

    te ad coenas itare desisse moleste fero... Deinde etiam vereor... ne, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 2; id. de Or. 2, 11, 45 sq. et saep.—
    B.
    Esp. freq. following primum (primus), followed by postremo al.:

    quod in homine multo est evidentius, primum ex ea caritate, quae, etc., deinde, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 27; 18, 65; 20, 73; id. Rep. 1, 13; 1, 17 et passim; cf.

    deinde, several times repeated,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 45; id. Inv. 1, 28, 43; id. Or. 54, 108 al.:

    primum with deinde eight times, and finally postremo,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    deinde... tum... post, etc.,

    Cels. 2, 18; 3, 7 et saep.:

    deinde... deinde... postremo...,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49: excellente tum Crasso et Antonio, deinde ( next in the order of excellence, not of time) Philippo, post Julio, id. Brut. 88, 301:

    deinde... tum... postremo,

    Quint. 3, 9, 6 sq.:

    prima nobilitas Cilicio... dein Lyciae Olympo, mox Centuripino, etc.,

    Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31;

    so after optimus,

    Plin. 25, 11, 87, § 136; 37, 9, 38, § 119;

    after laudatissimus,

    id. 21, 18, 69, § 115; cf. id. 21, 21, 92, § 160:

    femur promovetur saepissime in interiorem: deinde in exteriorem: raro admodum in priorem aut posteriorem,

    Cels. 8, 20.—
    C.
    So, in a climax, emphasizing the last of a series:

    suis artibus, fraude, deinde insidiis est prope circumventus,

    at length, in fine, Liv. 21, 34; id. 21, 41; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 238 -249.

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  • 6 sequo

    sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    i, jam sequor te, mater,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

    qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

    ne sequerer moechas,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

    vallem,

    Liv. 32, 6, 5:

    pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

    Ov. M. 8, 332:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

    abi prae, jam ego sequar,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

    quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

    funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

    curriculo sequi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

    Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

    servi sequentes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

    hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

    id. 4, 12, 9.—
    b.
    Of things:

    magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

    zonā bene te secutā,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

    hostes sequitur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

    hostem,

    Ov. M. 13, 548:

    fugacem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

    feras,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

    hostem pilo,

    Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

    finem sequendi facere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
    2.
    To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

    sequens annus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    sequente anno,

    Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

    secuto die,

    id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

    secuta aetas,

    id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

    sequenti senatu,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

    secuturo Phoebo,

    Luc. 2, 528:

    sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

    Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

    ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

    Tac. A. 11, 38:

    Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

    Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
    (β).
    With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

    sequitur clamor,

    Verg. A. 9, 504:

    tonitrum secuti nimbi,

    Ov. M. 14, 542:

    lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

    id. ib. 9, 780:

    nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

    and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
    3.
    Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

    ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

    Liv. 33, 13, 10:

    ut victorem res sequeretur,

    id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

    heredem monumentum,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

    heredem possessio,

    Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

    quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

    and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
    4.
    To go towards or to a place:

    Formias nunc sequimur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    Epirum, Cyzicum,

    id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

    Itala regna,

    Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
    5.
    Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

    herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

    oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

    nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

    ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

    Verg. A. 6, 146:

    cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

    Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

    Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

    trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

    Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

    consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

    quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

    damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

    to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

    should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

    dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

    id. ib. 20, 74:

    post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

    an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

    Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

    sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

    id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

    Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

    sectam,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

    Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

    amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

    id. ib. 12, 43:

    auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    sententiam Scipionis,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

    have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

    haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

    id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

    Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

    arma victricia,

    Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

    quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

    Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

    si modo verba sequantur,

    Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
    2.
    To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

    eam (sc. utilitatem),

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    justitiam,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

    otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

    id. Mur. 27, 55:

    amoenitatem et salubritatem,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    matris commodum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

    lites,

    id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

    linguam et nomen,

    Liv. 31, 7:

    mercedes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

    quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

    nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    ferro extrema,

    Verg. A. 6, 457:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

    plurisque sequor disponere causas,

    Lucr. 5, 529.—
    3.
    In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

    sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

    sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

    haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

    ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

    sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

    Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
    4.
    In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

    nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

    si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

    sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

    sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

    Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
    5.
    To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

    tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

    non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

    id. Or. 49, 165:

    lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

    Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

    Quint. 2, 14, 1:

    laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

    id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

    8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42:

    reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

    sequenti tempore,

    Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

    sequente anno,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    sequenti nocte,

    Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

    Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

    the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

    as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40.

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  • 7 sequor

    sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    i, jam sequor te, mater,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

    qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

    ne sequerer moechas,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

    vallem,

    Liv. 32, 6, 5:

    pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

    Ov. M. 8, 332:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

    abi prae, jam ego sequar,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

    quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

    funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

    curriculo sequi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

    Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

    servi sequentes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

    hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

    id. 4, 12, 9.—
    b.
    Of things:

    magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

    zonā bene te secutā,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

    hostes sequitur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

    hostem,

    Ov. M. 13, 548:

    fugacem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

    feras,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

    hostem pilo,

    Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

    finem sequendi facere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
    2.
    To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

    sequens annus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    sequente anno,

    Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

    secuto die,

    id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

    secuta aetas,

    id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

    sequenti senatu,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

    secuturo Phoebo,

    Luc. 2, 528:

    sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

    Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

    ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

    Tac. A. 11, 38:

    Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

    Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
    (β).
    With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

    sequitur clamor,

    Verg. A. 9, 504:

    tonitrum secuti nimbi,

    Ov. M. 14, 542:

    lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

    id. ib. 9, 780:

    nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

    and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
    3.
    Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

    ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

    Liv. 33, 13, 10:

    ut victorem res sequeretur,

    id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

    heredem monumentum,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

    heredem possessio,

    Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

    quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

    and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
    4.
    To go towards or to a place:

    Formias nunc sequimur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    Epirum, Cyzicum,

    id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

    Itala regna,

    Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
    5.
    Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

    herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

    oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

    nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

    ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

    Verg. A. 6, 146:

    cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

    Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

    Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

    trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

    Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

    consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

    quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

    damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

    to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

    should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

    dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

    id. ib. 20, 74:

    post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

    an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

    Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

    sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

    id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

    Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

    sectam,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

    Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

    amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

    id. ib. 12, 43:

    auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    sententiam Scipionis,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

    have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

    haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

    id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

    Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

    arma victricia,

    Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

    quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

    Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

    si modo verba sequantur,

    Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
    2.
    To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

    eam (sc. utilitatem),

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    justitiam,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

    otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

    id. Mur. 27, 55:

    amoenitatem et salubritatem,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    matris commodum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

    lites,

    id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

    linguam et nomen,

    Liv. 31, 7:

    mercedes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

    quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

    nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    ferro extrema,

    Verg. A. 6, 457:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

    plurisque sequor disponere causas,

    Lucr. 5, 529.—
    3.
    In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

    sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

    sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

    haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

    ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

    sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

    Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
    4.
    In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

    nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

    si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

    sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

    sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

    Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
    5.
    To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

    tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

    non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

    id. Or. 49, 165:

    lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

    Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

    Quint. 2, 14, 1:

    laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

    id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

    8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42:

    reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

    sequenti tempore,

    Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

    sequente anno,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    sequenti nocte,

    Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

    Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

    the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

    as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40.

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  • 8 exin

        exin or (old and late) exim    [for exinde], adv. —In place, thence, after that, next in order, next: (mare)... exin aër: exim ventum Elephantinen, Ta.— After that, thereafter, then: Exin compellare pater me voce videtur, Enn. ap. C.— Then, next, furthermore: incenditque animum: Exin bella memorat, V.: primum... exim, Ta.
    * * *
    thence; after that, next in order, thereafter, then; furthermore; by that cause

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  • 9 posteriora

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 10 posteriores

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 11 posterius

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 12 posterus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 13 postremus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 14 postumum

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 15 exinde

    ex-indē, and apocopated exin (like dein, proin, from deinde, proinde; cf.

    also: dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

    Cic. Or. 45, 154; also exim, like him, illim, istim; acc. to the best MSS. in Enn. ap. Fest. p. 356, 4; Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 9; Lucr. 3, 160; Verg. A. 7, 341; 8, 306; 12, 92; Tac. A. 14, 48 al.; M. Aurel. ad Fronto, p. 54; cf. exsim, eutheôs, Gloss. Philox.; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 148; Wagn. ad Verg. A. 7, 341, and tom. 5, p. 437; v. Ritschl, Rhein. Mus. 7, 472 sqq.; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 218), adv., from there, from that place, thence (freq., but not in Ter., Caes., or Quint.).
    I.
    In space (very rare;

    not in Cic.): utcumque in alto ventus est, Epidice, exin velum vortitur,

    from there, thence, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 47; id. Poen. 3, 6, 9:

    si servus cujusquam in ecclesiam altariave armatus... irruerit, exinde protinus abstrahatur,

    Cod. Just. 1, 12, 4:

    regionem Commagenam, exim Cappadociam, inde Armenios petivit,

    Tac. A. 15, 12.—
    B.
    Transf., in (local) succession, after that, next in order, next:

    at vero quanta maris est pulchritudo!... exin mari finitimus aër, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: hinc Equus summum contingit caput alvo... exin contortis Aries cum cornibus haeret, id. poët. ib. 2, 43, 111:

    auxiliares Galli Germanique in fronte, post quos pedites sagittarii, dein quatuor legiones... exin totidem aliae legiones,

    Tac. A. 2, 16.
    II.
    In time, after that, thereafter, then: exin compellare pater me voce videtur, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 45, ed. Vahl.): POPULI PARTES IN TRIBUS DISTRIBUUNTO;

    EXIN PECUNIAS, AEVITATES, ORDINES PARTIUNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    exin cuidam rustico Romano dormienti visus est venire qui diceret, etc.... exin filium ejus esse mortuum, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 26, 55: quisque suos patimur Manes;

    exinde per amplum Mittimur Elysium,

    Verg. A. 6, 743:

    ad Mundam exinde castra Punica mota,

    Liv. 24, 42, 1.—
    b.
    After ubi or postquam (cf. deinde, II. d.):

    ostium ubi conspexi, exinde me ilico protinam dedi,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 84:

    postquam alium repperit... me exinde amovit loco,

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 63.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In an enumeration or succession of events, after that, then, next, furthermore (cf. deinde, II. A. b.): pone petunt, exim referunt ad pectora tonsas, Enn. s. v. tonsam, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 236, ed. Vahl.): incenditque animum famae venientis amore;

    Exin bella viro memorat, quae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 891:

    exin se cuncti divinis rebus ad urbem Perfectis referunt,

    id. ib. 8, 306; Liv. 31, 4, 4; 31, 6, 2; 37, 47, 8; 40, 35, 2;

    42, 9, 8: Suillio corruptionem militum... exin adulterium Poppaeae, ac postremum mollitiam corporis objectante,

    Tac. A. 11, 2; cf. id. ib. 15, 41.—
    2.
    In late Lat., i. q. ex illo tempore, from that time, since then:

    quem morem vestis exinde gens universa tenet,

    Just. 1, 2:

    cum post motam et omissam quaestionem res ad nova dominia bona fide transierint, et exinde novi viginti anni intercesserint, etc.,

    Cod. Just. 7, 33; Dig. 10, 1, 4; 41, 6, 4; 49, 15, 12.—With ut, cum, ex quo:

    exinde, ut curiam participare coepi,

    App. Mag. p. 289; so,

    exinde ut,

    id. M. 2, p. 120:

    exinde cum ex astu a magistro digressi sumus,

    id. ib. 1, p. 113:

    videri legatum habere jurisdictionem non exinde, ex quo mandata est, sed, etc.,

    Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 6; 5, 1, 67; Cod. Just. 2, 22; 4, 32.—
    III.
    In other relations, in which a going out or forth takes place.
    A.
    (Acc. to ex, III. E.) To indicate the origin or occasion of an event (post-class.), thence:

    nec quicquam idonei lucri exinde cepimus, sed vulnera,

    App. M. 6, p. 184; Cod. Just. 1, 3, 35: quodcumque exinde incommodum ecclesiae contigerit, ib. 1, 2, 14.—
    B.
    (Acc. to ex, III. H.) To indicate a rule, measure, or standard, hence, accordingly (anteclass.): proinde ut quisque fortuna utitur, ita praecellet;

    atque exinde sapere eum omnes dicimus,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

    ut fama 'st homini, exin solet pecuniam invenire,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 71; id. Truc. 1, 1, 64; id. Poen. 3, 5, 9; id. Ep. 1, 1, 47:

    ad molas alii asellis, alii vaccis ac mulis utuntur, exinde ut pabuli facultas est,

    according as, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 4.

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  • 16 deinceps

    dĕin-ceps (dissyl., Hor. S. 2, 8, 80; but trisyl. Prud. Cath. 7, 136. Cf. dehinc and deinde), adj. and adv. [capio. Prop., taking place next or after, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 591; cf.: particeps, princeps].
    I.
    Adj. ( gen. deincipis or deincipitis), following thereafter, next following: deinceps qui deinde cepit, ut princeps qui primum cepit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 2 Müll.; cf.:

    deincipem antiqui dicebant proxime quemque captum ut principem primum captum,

    ib. 75, 4. So only: deincipiti die, Ap. Flor. no. 16, p. 353, 33.—
    II.
    Adv., in a constant series, one after another, successively, in turn, = hexês or ephexês (for syn. cf.: deinde, exinde, inde, indidem, post, postea, porro—freq. and good prose).
    A.
    In space:

    arboribus deinceps constitutis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2:

    his (saxis) collocatis et coagmentatis alius insuper ordo adicitur, etc.... sic deinceps omne opus contexitur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 25, 8: ea quae akrostichis dicitur, cum deinceps ex primis versuum litteris aliquid conectitur, Cic. Div. 2, 54, 111; cf. id. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

    prima... ac deinceps,

    Sall. J. 19, 3.—
    B.
    In time:

    duo deinceps reges civitatem auxerunt,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    ut deinceps qui accubarent canerent ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:

    trīs fratres, quos video deinceps tribunos plebis per triennium fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; cf. Liv. 6, 5:

    clamore significant, hunc alii deinceps excipiunt, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3.—Esp. freq. with alii, reliqui, multi, omnes, totus:

    stationes dispositas haberent atque alios alii deinceps exciperent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37; 6, 21:

    receperunt Arverni eum deincepsque aliae gentes,

    Liv. 27, 39; 29, 3; 29, 14 et saep.:

    reliquis deinceps diebus Caesar silvas caedere instituit,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf. id. ib. 5, 40, 4; 7, 23; id. B. C. 3, 56:

    possum deinceps totam rem explicare, deinde ad extremum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28; Col. 2, 4, 3.—
    C.
    In order.
    (α).
    With ordinals (rare):

    septimus sum deinceps praetorius in gente nostra,

    the seventh in succession, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 15.—
    (β).
    In denoting the successive parts of a discourse:

    de justitia satis dictum est: deinceps, ut erat propositum, de beneficentia ac de liberalitate dicatur, i. e. ordine sic ferente,

    successively, in order, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 15, 52; 3, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    To indicate an immediate sequence:

    si non ab eo, in quo proxime desitum, deinceps incipietur,

    id. Inv. 1, 20, 28; cf. id. Ac. 2, 14, 46:

    annales Ennii ut deinceps legi possint,

    that they may be read on continuously, id. N. D. 2, 37, 93; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14. In this use deinceps is often very nearly = deinde, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 31, 1 al. —
    2.
    In particular combinations.
    a.
    Deinde deinceps, inde deinceps, postea deinceps, Gr. epeita hexês:

    deinde etiam deinceps posteris prodebatur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 43; Liv. 2, 47; Auct. Her. 3, 18:

    deinceps inde multae, quas non minus diligenter elaboratas... afferebamus,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 312; so,

    deinceps inde,

    Liv. 5, 37:

    inde deinceps,

    id. 1, 44:

    aequitate sua postea trium regum bellis deinceps omnibus functum officiis,

    id. 45, 14. —
    b.
    Corresp. with primus: primum est officium, ut se conservet in naturae statu:

    deinceps, ut ea teneat, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20; cf.:

    principes sint patria et parentes... proximi liberi totaque domus... deinceps bene convenientes propinqui,

    id. Off. 1, 17, 58, and Tac. H. 1, 48.—
    c.
    Hence, after enumerations, in phrases like Eng. and so forth:

    ut prima (officia) diis immortalibus, secunda patriae, tertia parentibus, deinceps gradatim reliqua reliquis debeantur,

    and so on Cic. Off. 1, 45, 160; cf.:

    nam et in prooemio primum est aliquid et secundum ac deinceps,

    Quint. 7, 10, 5; Tac. A. 1, 81; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64:

    et deinceps, ac deinceps,

    and so forth, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6 al. —
    d.
    Perge deinceps, go on, Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 1:

    gallinae villaticae sunt, quas deinceps rure habent in villis,

    continually, id. ib. 3, 9, 2; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 232-238.

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  • 17 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propior

  • 18 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propiora

  • 19 proximi

    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximi

  • 20 proximum

    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximum

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