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bracchĭum (less correctly brāchĭ-um; gen. bracchi, Lucr. 6, 434), ii, n. [perh. kindr. with Gr. brachiôn; but cf. Sanscr. bāhu; like frango, Sanscr. bhang, Bopp, Gloss. p. 239 a], the arm; particularly,

Lit., the forearm, from the hand to the elbow (while lacertus is the upper arm, from the elbow to the shoulder), Lucr. 4, 830; 6, 397:

bracchia et lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 501; 1, 550 sq.:

subjecta lacertis bracchia,

id. ib. 14, 305; Curt. 8, 9, 21; 9, 1, 29:

(feminae) nudae bracchia et lacertos,

Tac. G. 17 (opp. umerus); Cels. 8, 1, § 79 sqq.; 8, 10, § 55 sqq.—Far oftener,

Transf.

In gen., the arm, the whole arm, from the shoulder to the fingers, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26, and Varr. L. L. 5, 7, p. 4 Müll.; id. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4:

quod eum bracchium fregisse diceret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. Cels. 1, 10, 3:

multi ut diu jactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

bracchium (sc. dextrum) cohibere togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11 (cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 6:

bracchium extra togam exserere): eodem ictu bracchia ferro exsolvunt (i.e. venas incidunt, as, soon after, crurum et poplitum venas abrumpit),

Tac. A. 15, 63; 1, 41.—Of embraces:

collo dare bracchia circum,

to throw the arms round the neck, Verg. A. 6, 700; cf.:

circumdare collo,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

implicare collo,

id. ib. 1, 762:

inicere collo,

id. ib. 3, 389:

cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

lentis adhaerens bracchiis,

id. Epod. 15, 6: Hephaestionis bracchium hastā ictum est, Curt. 4, 16, 31:

ut in jaculando bracchia reducimus,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinisteriore bracchio,

Suet. Dom. 17:

bracchia ad superas extulit auras,

Verg. A. 5, 427:

alternaque jactat Bracchia protendens (Dares),

id. ib. 5, 377:

juventus horrida bracchiis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 50.—Of a rower:

si bracchia forte remisit,

Verg. G. 1, 202:

matri bracchia tendere,

Ov. M. 3, 723:

patrio tendens bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 9, 210:

tendens ad caelum bracchia,

id. ib. 9, 293:

precando Bracchia sustulerat,

id. ib. 6, 262.—Prov.:

dirigere bracchia contra Torrentem,

to swim against the current, Juv. 4, 89.—

Of the movement of the arms in speaking:

bracchii projectione in contentionibus, contractione in remissis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so Quint. 11, 3, 84:

extento bracchio paululum de gestu addidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

demissa bracchia,

Quint. 2, 13, 9:

a latere modice remota,

id. 11, 3, 159:

ut bracchio exserto introspiciatur latus,

id. 11, 3, 118:

aliqui transversum bracchium proferunt et cubito pronunciant,

id. 11, 3, 93:

bracchium in latus jactant,

id. 4, 2, 39:

si contendemus per continuationem, bracchio celeri, mobili vultu utemur,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—

Of the motion of the arms in dancing:

bracchia in numerum jactare,

Lucr. 4, 769;

imitated by Ov.: numerosa bracchia jactat (ducit, Jahn),

Ov. Am. 2,4,29, and id. R. Am. 754; Lucr. 4, 790; imitated in Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 6; imitated in Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

of the labors of the Cyclopes: illi inter sese magnā vi bracchia tollunt In numerum,

Verg. G. 4, 174.—

Trop.: levi or molli bracchio agere aliquid, to do any thing superficially, negligently, remissly (prob. peculiar to the lang. of conversation), Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; so,

molli bracchio aliquem objurgare,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6.—Prov.:

praebuerim sceleri bracchia nostra tuo,

lend a hand, Ov. H. 7, 126.—

The limbs of animals analogous to the arms of men; of the claws of crawfish, etc., Ov. M. 4, 625; 10, 127; 15, 369; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97: hence also of the sign Cancer, Ov. M. 2, 83; also of Scorpio, Verg. G. 1, 34; Ov. M. 2, 82; 2, 195.—Of the claws of the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88, and other sea-fish, id. 11, 48, 108, § 258.—Of the lion:

in feminum et bracchiorum ossibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214.—

Comicé for armus or femur (as inversely armus = bracchium): Ar. Edepol vel elephanto in Indiā Quo pacto pugno perfregisti bracchium. Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, the shoulder, the shoulder-blade of the elephant, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26 sq. Brix ad loc.—

The branches of trees (cf. Ov. M. 1, 550: in ramos bracchia crescunt;

v. also manus and coma): vitem sub bracchia ungito,

Cato, R. R. 95 fin.;

of the vine,

Verg. G. 2, 368; Col. 4, 24, 2; 7, 8 sq.; 5, 5, 9 sq.; Pall. Febr. 9, 6;

id. Mai, 2, 1: quatiens bracchia Quercus,

Cat. 64, 105:

differt quod in bracchia ramorum spargitur,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62:

(aesculus) Tum fortes late ramos et bracchia tendens, etc.,

Verg. G. 2, 296; Ov. M. 14, 630; Val. Fl. 8, 114.—

An arm of the sea:

nec bracchia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite,

Ov. M. 1, 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16.—

The collateral branches or ridges of a mountain:

Taurus ubi bracchia emittit,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.—

Poet., = antenna, the sail-yards:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829; cf. Stat. S. 5, 1, 244.—

In milit. lang., a ( natural or artificial) outwork or line for connecting two points in fortifications, etc.; Gr. skelê:

aliā parte consul muro Ardeae bracchium injunxerat,

a line of communication, Liv. 4, 9, 14; 38, 5, 8; 22, 52, 1 Drak.; 44, 35, 13; Hirt. B. Alex. 30; id. B. Afr. 38; 49; 51; 56; id. B. Hisp. 5; 6; 13; Curt. 6, 4, 16; Luc. 3, 387; 4, 266.—So of the side-works, moles, dikes, in the fortification of a harbor, Liv. 31, 26, 8; cf. Just. 5, 8, 5 Gron.; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 15; Suet. Claud. 20.—

The arm of a catapult or ballista, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 15 sq.

commŏdŏ, adv., v. commodus, adv. B. 2.

commŏdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. commodus].

To adjust according to a measure, to make fit, suitable, or right, to adapt, accommodate, put in order (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

trapetum,

Cato, R. R. 135 fin.; Col. 4, 22, 5; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3 al.—

Trop.:

commoda loquelam tuam,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75:

ita praeceptorem eloquentiae... se commodaturum singulis,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

si te commodaveris mihi,

Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:

(arithmetica) avaritiae commodat digitos,

fits, adapts, id. Ep. 88, 10:

(servi) nulli sceleri manus commodabunt,

id. Ben. 3, 20, 2:

operam suam Prisco ad turpissimum ministerium commodasse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

orationi oculos, vocem, manum,

id. Pan. 71, 6.— Absol.:

caecus claudo pede commodat,

Aus. Epigr. 133.—

Commodare aliquid ( alicui), to give something to one for his convenience or use, to give, bestow, lend (acc. to accurate jurid. distinction, of things that are themselves, in natura, to be returned, while mutuum dare is used of things for which an equivalent is given; cf. Dig. 44, 7, 1;

freq. and class.): aquam hosti, operam civi,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 21 sq.; cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

nam meritus de me est, quod queam illi ut commodem,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 34:

quibus tu quaecumque commodaris, erunt mihi gratissima,

Cic. Fam. 13, 48 init.:

quicquid sine detrimento possit commodari, id tribuatur vel ignoto,

id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

ut dando et accipiendo mutuandisque facultatibus et commodandis nullā re egeremus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15 B. and K.; cf. Non. p. 275, 15:

paenulam,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

testes falsos,

to furnish, supply, Sall. C. 16, 2:

manum morituro,

Vell. 2, 70 fin.:

aurum Caelio,

Cic. Cael. 13, 32; cf. Quint. 5, 13,30:

aedes ad nuptias,

Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64:

nomen suum alicui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. Tac. A. 15, 53:

vires suas aliis eas commodando, minuere,

Liv. 34, 12, 5:

sanguinem alienae dominationi,

Tac. Agr. 32 Orell. N. cr.: parvis peccatis veniam, magnis severitatem, id. ib. 19: aurem patientem culturae, as in Engl., to lend an ear to, * Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 40; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 86; Stat. Th. 4, 75 (opp. donare):

ut haec a virtute donata, cetera a fortunā commodata esse videantur,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 19 al. —Hence,

Of time for a payment, to grant, allow:

ut rei publicae, ex quā crevissent, tempus commodarent,

Liv. 23, 48, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Commodare alicui, aliquā re, in aliquā re, or absol., to please one, be kind or obliging to, to serve, favor (class.):

ut omnibus rebus, quod sine molestiā tuā facere possis, ei commodes,

Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 2; 13, 53, 1; cf.:

alicui omnibus in rebus,

id. ib. 13, 32, 2; and:

commodare tantum ei in hac re,

id. ib. 13, 37 fin.:

si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

ut eo libentius iis commodes,

id. Fam. 13, 54: credetur;

commodabo,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 19:

publice commodasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

illis benignis usus est ad commodandum, id. ib, 2, 4, 3, § 6: studiis commodandi favetur,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 207: cui ego quibus cumque rebus potero lubentissime commodabo, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 275, 17.—Hence, commŏdā-tum, i, n.; in the jurists,

A thing lent, a loan:

commodatum accipere,

Dig. 13, 6, 3, § 3; cf. the whole title 6.—

A contract for a loan, Dig. 13, 6, 1, § 1; 13, 6, 17, § 3; Gai Inst. 4, 33.

ex-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo; cf. adimo and demo], to take out, take away, remove (class.; syn.: demo, adimo, eripio, furor, etc.).

Lit.

In gen. (with de, ex, or simple abl.; rare with dat.):

eximito (acina) de dolio,

Cato R. R. 112, 3:

oleas, ulmos bene cum radicibus,

id. ib. 28, 1:

medullam e caule,

Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 116:

dentem alicui,

Cels. 6, 9; Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181; cf.:

lienem cani viventi,

id. 30, 6, 17, § 51; and:

lapillos ventre crocodili,

id. 28, 8, 28, § 107:

telum,

Quint. 9, 2, 75:

gladium,

Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; cf.:

quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212:

eximi jubet non diem ex mense, sed ex anno unum mensem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 139:

ne tu ex reis eximerere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 40, § 99; for which: aliquem de reis, id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §

41: cf.: ut auctores alios omnino exemerint numero,

Quint. 1, 4, 3;

with which cf.: Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit virtus,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 19:

qui turbae quamvis bonorum auctorum eximatur,

Quint. 10, 1, 74.—

In partic., pregn., to free, release, deliver:

eum tamquam e vinculis eximamus,

Cic. Or. 23, 77:

aliquos ex obsidione,

id. Fam. 5, 6, 2;

for which: aliquos (urbem) obsidione,

Liv. 38, 15, 5:

ibi circumsessus adventu fratris obsidione eximitur,

id. 24, 41, 6; 36, 13, 1; 37, 22, 3.

Trop.

In gen., to take away, remove, banish:

quod si exemeris ex rerum natura benevolentiae conjunctionem,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

alicui lassitudinem,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 17; cf.:

illud, quod me angebat, non eximis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 29:

hic dies vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 14:

onus sollicitis animis,

id. Ep. 1, 5, 18:

eam religionem (augures),

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

dubitationem hujus utilitatis,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

quamquam res adversae consilium eximerent,

Tac. A. 11, 32; 1, 32; 13, 15:

aliquid memoriae,

Suet. Claud. 11 et saep.:

exemptā fine patere,

i. e. without end, Lucr. 1, 976; 1, 1007.— Pass. impers.: plurimis mortalium non eximitur, quin primo cujusque ortu ventura destinentur, the idea is not taken from them, i. e. they cannot be convinced but that, etc., Tac. A. 6, 22.—

In partic.

To free, release, deliver from any thing; constr. with ex, the abl., since the Aug. per. freq. with dat., rarely with de:

aliquem metu,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13:

ita me exemisti Philocratem fallaciis,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 16; cf.:

iis (rationibus) accusator ad alios ex culpa eximendos abutetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

ex miseriis plurimis me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3:

se ex catenis,

id. Men. 1, 1, 8:

ex servitute,

Liv. 37, 56, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 16:

aliquem crimine,

Liv. 6, 24, 8: cf.:

qui servitute exempti fuerant,

id. 34, 52 fin.:

cives servitio,

id. 28, 39, 18; 27, 22, 3; 33, 23, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 3:

non noxae (al. noxa) eximitur C. Fabius, qui, etc.,

Liv. 8, 35, 5 Drak. N. cr.; cf.:

supplicio magis quam crimini exemptus est,

Curt. 7, 1, 6:

servitio,

id. 6, 3, 3:

aliquem sceleri,

Val. Fl. 2, 256:

morti,

Tac. A. 14, 48:

infamiae,

id. ib. 1, 48:

legiones adversae pugnae,

id. ib. 1, 64:

Pisonem ignominiae,

id. ib. 3, 18:

ut morte honesta contumeliis captivitatis eximeretur,

id. ib. 12, 51:

querelae,

Sen. Ben. 6, 9, 1:

notae jam destinatae,

Gell. 4, 20, 9:

poenae,

Dig. 48, 10, 22, § 4:

opinionibus vulgi,

Quint. 12, 2, 28 et saep.:

exime hunc mihi scrupulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2:

6, 8, 7: Romanis dubitationem,

Liv. 34, 37, 6:

de proscriptorum numero,

Nep. Att. 10, 4:

agrum de vectigalibus,

to exempt, Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101.— Absol.:

nec sorte (opus fuisse) nisi quod se quisque eximi voluerit,

Quint. 4, 2, 74.—

Of time, to consume, waste:

Clodius rogatus diem dicendo eximere coepit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

Metellus calumnia dicendi tempus exemit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

diem,

Liv. 1, 50, 8; so,

tempus,

Suet. Oth. 6:

diem,

Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2:

male aetatem,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 1:

anno exempto,

Pall. 3, 17 fin.:

horam eximere ullam in tali cive liberando sine scelere non possumus,

lose, waste, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7 B. and K.—

To except, leave out of consideration:

leges, si majestatis quaestio eximeretur, bono in usu,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—

Law t. t., to detain, prevent from appearing in court: eum qui in jus vocatur, Gai Inst. 4, 46.

in-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. do], to put, set, or place into or upon (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.).

Lit.

With in and acc.:

coronam in focum,

Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

in urnam,

id. ib. 143, 23:

ignem in aram,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

in aquam salem,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 92:

vini guttam in os,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 31.—

With in and abl.:

effigiem in statua,

Tac. A. 1, 74. —

Aliquid alicui:

compedes servis,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 4:

aliquem lecticae,

Tac. A. 3, 14:

vinclo fasciae cervicem,

id. ib. 15, 57.—

With acc. only:

fenestras,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 6. —

Trop.

To introduce:

novos ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 4.—

To impart or give to, apply to, impose on, attach to, etc.:

pavorem suis, alacritatem hostibus,

Tac. H. 4, 34 fin.:

odium alicui,

id. A. 12, 3:

alicui vocabulum,

id. ib. 2, 56:

propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamnum inditum'st,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37:

vernaculis artificibus... nomen histrionibus inditum,

Liv. 7, 2, 6:

unde Aspero inditum est cognomen,

id. 3, 65, 4; 2, 13, 1; 4, 29, 6;

21, 31, 4: quae nomina sceleri indidit,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

hoc nomen beluis,

Curt. 9, 1, 5. — Esp.,

To name after or for: nomen indere, with ab or ex and abl.:

ab Erythro rege (mari) nomen est inditum,

Curt. 8, 9, 14:

a celeritate Tigri nomen,

id. 4, 9, 16:

ab inopia Egerio,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quod illi nomen indiderant ex nomine urbis,

Tac. A. 2, 56:

quibus nomen ex re inditum,

Sall. J. 78, 1. — indĭtus, a, um, P. a., put or placed into, put, set, laid, or thrown upon.

Lit.:

utrum deus extrinsecus (operi suo) circumfusus sit, an toti inditus,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 31 (Dial. 8, 4, 2):

venenum potioni,

Curt. 10, 10, 17:

vincula,

put on, Tac. A. 11, 2:

pontes,

thrown over, id. ib. 12, 57:

lecticae,

laid upon, id. ib. 3, 14:

ferrum visceribus ustis,

Sen. Troad. 585.—

Trop., imposed, appointed, given:

custodes,

Tac. A. 3, 28.

in-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a. ( imper. inger for ingere, Cat. 27, 2), to carry, pour, throw, or put into, in, or upon a place.

Lit.

In gen.:

aquam ingere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24:

ligna foco,

Tib. 2, 1, 22:

quicquid vini oleique erat, oribus ingerebatur,

Curt. 7, 5, 7:

e puteis aquam in salinas,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81.—

Esp.

Ingerere se, to betake one ' s self or rush to any place:

ubi confertissimos hostes pugnare conspexisset, eo se semper ingerebat,

Just. 11, 14, 5:

se morti obviam,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1032; cf.: se oculis, to offer one ' s self to, Just. 18, 7, 9:

sese periclis,

Sil. 10, 5.—

To inflict upon, execute, apply:

supplicia,

Sen. Med. 461:

pugnos alicui in ventrem,

to deal blows, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 95: verbera, Curt. 6, 11, 8:

manus capiti,

Sen. Ep. 99 med. —

Of weapons, to press upon, thrust into:

ensem viris,

Val. Fl. 6, 230:

hastas in tergum fugientibus,

Verg. A. 9, 763:

saxa in subeuntes,

Liv. 2, 65, 4:

sagittas et jacula,

id. 36, 18, 5:

missilia in propugnantes,

Curt. 4, 3, 15; 4, 4, 13.—

To bring, give, or present to one:

saginandis anseribus polentae duas partes, et furfuris quatuor ingerunt,

Pall. 1, 30:

mihi nova pocula,

Nemes. Cyneg. 5.— Absol.:

aqua frigida ingesta sistitur sanguis,

administered internally, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40.—

To bring, throw, heap, or put upon a person or thing:

ut Cassandreus, saucius ingestā contumuleris humo,

Ov. Ib. 460:

vasta giganteis ingesta est insula membris,

id. M. 5, 346:

adeps pastillis ingestus,

Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:

stercus vitibus,

Col. 2, 16, 8:

summis ingestum montibus Aepy,

Stat. Th. 4, 180:

facies ingesta sopori,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 81:

ingesta vincula unguibus,

id. B. Gild. 365:

supplicia,

Sen. Med. 461. —

Trop.

In gen., of language.

To pour forth, to pour out against:

convicia alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 12:

contumelias,

Tac. A. 1, 39:

vocis verborumque quantum voletis,

Liv. 3, 68, 4. —

To mention, repeat, keep saying:

auctorem suum ingerit et inculcat,

Sen. Ben. 1, 12:

ingerebat lentissima voce, Carpe, Carpe,

Petr. 36; Sen. Ben. 7, 22, 2:

omnia mala ingerebat,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 17:

voces quae plerumque verae et graves coram ingerebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 42:

a tribunis eadem ingerebantur,

id. H. 4, 78.—

In partic.

To obtrude, press, or force upon one:

ne recusanti quidem amicitiam suam ingerere destitit,

Suet. Vit. Hor. p. 297 Roth:

nomina liberis,

Tac. Or. 7; cf. id. A. 1, 72:

filium filiamque orbis senibus,

Petr. 140:

omnia imperia recusanti,

Just. 6, 8:

ingerebat iste Artemidorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

his se ingerit (Fortuna),

presses her favors, Juv. 6, 609:

veritatis tanta vis est ut nemo... qui non videat ingerentem se oculis divinam claritatem,

Lact. 1, 5, 2:

nomen patris patriae a populo saepius ingestum repudiavit,

pressed upon him, Tac. A. 1, 72.—

To heap up:

scelus sceleri,

Sen. Thyest. 731.

in-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to write in or upon any thing, to inscribe (class.).

Lit.:

aliquid in basi tropaeorum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

in statua inscripsit, Parenti optime merito,

id. Fam. 12, 3, 1:

nomen suum monumentis,

id. Har. Resp. 27:

ea inscribam brevi, quae, etc.,

id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

sit inscriptum in fronte unius cujusque civis, quid de re publica sentiat,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

orationes in animo,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 355:

ut, si quae essent incisae aut inscriptae litterae, tollerentur,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

senarioli in ejus monumento inscripti,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

in illis libellis,

id. Arch. 11, 26 B. and K. (Klotz omits in):

Pan... vix ulla inscribens terrae vestigia cornu,

Sil. 13, 328. — Pass. with Gr. acc.:

inscripti nomina regum flores,

Verg. E. 3, 106.—

Transf., to furnish with an inscription:

statuae, quas tu inscribi jussisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: aedes, to write on a house that it is for sale:

aedes venales hasce inscribit litteris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 131; cf.:

aedes mercede,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92: librum, to inscribe, give a title to a book:

eos (libellos) rhetoricos inscribunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: [p. 963] in eo libro, qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, is entitled, id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

inscripta lintea,

i. e. curtains used as signs, Juv. 8, 168. — Hence, subst.: inscriptum, i, n., an inscription, title: alia inscripta nimis lepida, Gell. praef. 3. —

Trop.

In g e n.:

vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit,

gives to his vices the name of wisdom, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12. —

In partic.

To ascribe, assign, attribute:

Epicurus, quia tantummodo induit personam philosophi, et sibi ipse hoc nomen inscripsit,

has assigned, appropriated to himself, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 73:

deos sceleri,

to ascribe crimes to the gods, Ov. M. 15, 128:

mea dextera leto Inscribenda tuo est,

thy death is to be ascribed to my hand, id. ib. 10, 199.—

To make known, mark, as if by an inscription:

sua quemque deorum inscribit facies,

Ov. M. 6, 74:

versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

Verg. A. 1, 478; cf.:

sua quemque deorum Inscribit facies,

makes known, characterizes, Ov. M. 6, 74.—

To brand, place a brand upon: vultus. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

naufrago stigmata,

Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3:

inscripta ergastula,

Juv. 14, 24.—

To subscribe an accusation (post-class.), Cod. 9, 35, 11.—

To write something over an old writing, so that the latter is no longer legible (post-class.):

de his, quae in testamento delentur, inducuntur, inscribuntur,

Dig. 28, 4.

in-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 1. sero], to sow or plant in; to ingraft (class.).

Lit.:

frumentum,

Col. 5, 7, 3:

pirum bonam in pirum silvaticam,

to ingraft, graft, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5:

vitem,

Col. Arb. 8, 2:

fissā modo cortice virgam Inserit,

Ov. M. 14, 631; Hor. Epod. 2, 12:

inseritur et nucis arbutus horrida fetu,

Verg. G. 2, 69 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

cum Vergilius insitam nucibus arbutum dicat,

Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 57. —

Trop., to implant:

num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 35:

remedia herbis invisis,

Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

animos corporibus,

to unite, Cic. Univ. 12, 38.—Hence, insĭtus, a, um, P.a., ingrafted, grafted.

Lit.:

arbor,

Col. Arb. 20, 2:

mala,

Verg. G. 2, 33.—

Transf., of animals:

discordantem utero suo generis alieni stirpem insitam recipere,

a hybrid, Col. 6, 36, 2.— Subst.: insĭtum, i, n., a graft, scion, Col. 5, 11, 8.—

Trop., implanted by nature, inborn, innate, natural:

O generosam stirpem et tamquam in unam arborem plura genera, sic in istam domum multorum insitam atque illigatam sapientiam,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213: reliqua est ea causa, quae non jam recepta, sed innata;

neque delata ad me, sed in animo sensuque meo penitus affixa atque insita est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

Deorum cognitiones,

id. N. D. 1, 17, 44:

tam penitus insita opinio,

id. Clu. 1, 4:

notio quasi naturalis atque insita in animis nostris,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

menti cognitionis amor,

id. ib. 4, 7, 18:

hoc naturā est insitum, ut,

id. Sull. 30, 83:

feritas,

Liv. 34, 20, 2.— In gen., taken in, incorporated, admitted, adopted:

ex deserto Gavii horreo in Calatinos Atilios insitus,

Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

insitus et adoptivus,

Tac. A. 13, 14.

in-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. sero], to put, bring, or introduce into, to insert (class.); constr. with in and acc., or with dat.

Lit.

In gen.:

collum in laqueum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

oculos in pectora,

Ov. M. 2, 94:

caput in tentoria,

Liv. 8, 36, 6:

gemmas aureis soleis,

Curt. 9, 1, 29:

falces longuriis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

subtegmen radiis,

Ov. M. 6, 56:

in avium nidis aliquid,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174.—

In partic., to ingraft: quidquid inserueris, vimine diligenter ligato, Col. Arb. 8, 2:

surculus insertus,

id. ib. 3.—

Trop., to bring into, introduce, to mix or mingle with:

amputanda plura sunt illi aetati, quam inserenda,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

jus est, quod non opinio genuit, sed quaedam innata vis inseruit,

id. Inv. 2, 53, 161:

historiae jocos,

Ov. Tr. 2, 444:

querelas,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

adeo minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit Deos,

Liv. 27, 23, 2:

contiones directas operi suo,

Just. 38, 3:

tantae rerum magnitudini hoc inserere,

Vell. 2, 107, 1:

haec libello,

Suet. Dom. 18: manus, to set one ' s hands to, Luc. 8, 552:

liberos sceleri,

to draw into, involve in crime, Sen. Thyest. 322:

nomina alienae gentis Aeacidis,

Ov. M. 13, 33; cf.:

ignobilitatem suam magnis nominibus,

Tac. A. 6, 2: se, to mingle with, join, engage in:

inserentibus se centurionibus,

id. H. 2, 19:

se turbae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 605:

se bellis civilibus,

id. M. 3, 117: civium numero, to reckon or enroll among, Suet. Aug. 42:

Liviorum familiae,

id. Tib. 3:

stellis et concilio Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 6:

aliquem vitae,

i. e. to preserve alive, Stat. S. 5, 5, 72: nomen famae, to attach to fame, i. e. to render celebrated, Tac. Or. 10.

ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.

Lit.

In gen.:

dicam in itinere,

on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:

hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:

huc quia habebas iter,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:

iter illi saepius in forum,

Plin. Pan. 77:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,

In partic.

A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:

cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,

Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:

ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

qui eo itineris causa convenerant,

id. ib. 7, 55:

sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,

id. ib. 1, 7:

in ipso itinere confligere,

Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:

Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

committere se itineri,

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

ingredi pedibus,

id. de Sen. 10:

conficere pulverulentā viā,

id. Att. 5, 14:

iter mihi est Lanuvium,

id. Mil. 10:

iter habere Capuam,

id. Att. 8, 11:

facere in Apuliam,

id. ib.:

agere,

Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,

intendere,

Liv. 21, 29:

maturare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

properare,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

conficere,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:

constituere,

to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:

urgere,

Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:

agere in aliquam partem,

Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:

convertere,

to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:

facere,

id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:

comparare,

to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:

supprimere,

to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

retro vertere,

Liv. 28, 3:

ferre per medium mare,

Verg. A. 7, 810:

ferre Inachias urbes,

Stat. Th. 1, 326:

continuare die ac nocte,

to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

desistere itinere,

id. B. G. 5, 11:

coeptum dimittere,

Ov. M. 2, 598:

frangere,

Stat. Th. 12, 232:

impedire,

Ov. H. 21, 74:

instituere,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

peragere,

Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:

rumpere,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

itinere prohibere aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

ex itinere redire,

Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:

revertere,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:

tutum alicui praestare,

Cic. Planc. 41.—

Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):

iter terrestre facturus,

Just. 12, 10, 7:

inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

terrestri itinere ducere legiones,

Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:

pedestri itinere confecto,

Suet. Claud. 17:

pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,

Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—

A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:

cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:

magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,

id. ib. 1, 38:

itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,

making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:

confecto justo itinere ejus diei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —

The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.

5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,

Cic. Att. 14, 10:

erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,

id. ib. 3, 9:

patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28:

ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,

Nep. Eum. 3, 5:

itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

Suet. Galb. 20:

exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,

id. Caes. 58:

qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,

Curt. 13, 11, 19:

ferro aperire,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,

Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:

iter urinae,

the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:

iter vocis,

Verg. A. 7, 534:

itinera aquae,

Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:

Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:

non utile carpis iter,

Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:

ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,

Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:

iter patefacere,

to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—

A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:

aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:

negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—

Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:

patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

verum iter gloriae,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

iter amoris nostri et officii mei,

id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

salutis,

Verg. A. 2, 387:

fecit iter sceleri,

Ov. M. 15, 106:

labi per iter declive senectae,

id. ib. 15, 227:

vitae diversum iter ingredi,

Juv. 7, 172:

duo itinera audendi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,

id. Or. 19:

pronum ad honores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:

novum ad principatum,

id. Pan. 7, 1.

jūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and jūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. jus], to swear, to take an oath.

In gen., absol.:

cui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

cum ille mihi nihil, nisi ut jurarem, permitteret,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

cum enim faciles sint nonnulli hominum ad jurandum,

Dig. 28, 7, 8:

posteaquam juratum est, denegatur actio,

ib. 12, 2, 9:

ex animi tui sententia jurāris,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108.— With inf., Sil. 2, 3, 51; Claud. B. Get. 81; Dig. 12, 2, 13, § 5.—With nom. and inf., poet., Prop. 3, 4, 40.—With acc. and inf.:

jurat, se eum non deserturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

se non reversurum,

id. ib. 3, 87:

jurarem... me et ardere studio veri reperiendi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

nisi victores se redituros jurant,

Liv. 2, 45:

Boeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244:

falsum,

to swear falsely, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vere,

to swear truly, id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

jurarem per Jovem,

by Jupiter, id. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

per supremi regis regnum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 211; Verg. A. 9, 300:

per solis radios,

Juv. 13, 78; 6, 16.—Also with simple acc. of the being or object sworn by (mostly poet.):

Terram, Mare, Sidera,

Verg. A. 12, 197; 6, 324:

quomodo tibi placebit Jovem lapidem jurare, cum scias?

Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

quaevis tibi numina,

Ov. H. 16, 319:

Samothracum aras,

Juv. 3, 144.—Hence also pass.:

dis juranda palus,

the Styx, by which the gods swear, Ov. M. 2, 46; cf.:

Stygias juravimus undas,

id. ib. 2, 101:

Junonis numina,

Tib. 4, 13, 15:

caput,

Sil. 8, 106.— Rarely with acc. of the fact sworn to:

morbum,

i. e. to swear to the fact of sickness, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

jurata pacta,

Sil. 2, 274:

ex mei animi sententia,

with sincerity, without reservation, Liv. 22, 53, 10; so,

ex nostri animi sententia,

Quint. 8, 5, 1; cf. Liv. 43, 15, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3: alicui aliquid, [p. 1019] to vow or promise to one, Stat. Th. 4, 396:

sacramenta deis,

Sil. 10, 448:

alicui jurare,

to swear allegiance to, Plin. Pan. 68, 4: in verba, to swear with certain words, i. e. to take a prescribed form of oath:

Petreius in haec verba jurat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

cur in certa verba jurent,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

milites in verba P. Scipionis jurarunt,

Liv. 28, 29; 7, 5; 6, 22:

in haec verba jures postulo,

in this form of words, id. 22, 53, 12:

in verba magistri,

to echo his sentiments, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14:

in verba ejus,

Suet. Galb. 16:

in verba Vitellii,

id. Oth. 8: idem deinceps omnis exercitus in se quisque jurat, i. e. each soldier took the oath separately;

whereas the usual practice was that one man uttered the entire oath, and the others only added, idem in me,

Liv. 2, 45, 14:

in litem,

to make oath respecting the matter in dispute, to appraise under oath, Cic. Rosc. Com. 1, 4; Dig. 4, 3, 18; 8, 5, 7 al.:

in nomen alicujus,

to swear allegiance to one, Suet. Claud. 10:

in legem,

to swear to observe a law, Cic. Sest. 16, 37:

verissimum pulcherrimumque jusjurandum,

to take an oath, id. Fam. 5, 2, 7:

sacramenta,

Sil. 10, 447; cf.:

sceleri jurato nefando sacramenta,

Luc. 4, 228.—With de and abl.:

de sua persona,

in one's own behalf, Dig. 44, 5, 1, § 3:

de calumnia,

to clear one's self of calumny under oath, ib. 12, 2, 16; 2, 8, 8, § 5.— Pass. impers.:

scis, tibi ubique jurari,

Plin. Pan. 68: ne in acta sua juraretur, Suet Tib. 26.—

Dep. form, Plaut. Pers. 3, 2, 2; cf. id. Rud. 5, 3, 16:

judici demonstrandum est, quid juratus sit, quid sequi debeat,

Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 126:

ex lege, in quam jurati sitis,

id. ib. 2, 45, 121:

juratus se eum sua manu interempturum,

Liv. 32, 22, 7.—

In partic., to conspire (cf. conjuro); with inf.: jurarunt inter se barbaros necare, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14:

in me jurarunt somnus, ventusque, fidesque,

Ov. H. 10, 117:

in facinus,

id. M. 1, 242.—Hence, jūrātus, a, um, P. a.

Called upon or taken to witness in an oath:

numina,

Ov. H. 2, 25.—

Under an oath, bound by an oath:

Regulus juratus missus est ad senatum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99:

quamvis jurato metuam tibi credere testi,

Juv. 5, 5.—

Act., having sworn, that has sworn:

nam injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281; id. As. 1, 1, 8:

haec, quae juratus in maxima contione dixi,

Cic. Sull. 11:

in eadem arma,

Ov. M. 13, 50.— Sup.: juratissimi auctores, the most trustworthy, Plin. H. N. praef. § 22. — Adv.: jūrātō, with an oath, under oath (post-class.):

promittere,

Dig. 2, 8, 16.

ob-vĭam (also written separate, ob vĭam; cf. Corss. Ausspr. I. 495, 769), adv.

Lit., in the way; hence, with verbs of motion (in a good or bad sense), towards, against, to meet: ob Trojam duxit exercitum pro ad, similiterque vadimonium obisse, id est ad vadimonium isse, et obviam ad viam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: morti occumbant obviam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.):

nec quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi,

as to put himself in my way, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 2:

cum in Cumanum mihi obviam venisti,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

prodire,

id. ib. 3, 7, 4; cf.: si quā ex parte obviam contra veniretur, an advance or attack should be made, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: alicui obviam advenire, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5:

quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,

is coming to meet me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16:

fit obviam Clodio ante fundum ejus,

meets, Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

obviam ire alicui,

to go to meet, id. Mur. 32, 67 et saep.:

obviam procedere alicui,

to go to meet, id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

prodire alicui,

id. ib. 2, 24, 58:

properare,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 2:

proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

exire,

id. B. C. 1, 18:

progredi,

Liv. 7, 10:

mittere,

to send to meet, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

se offerre,

to go to meet, to meet, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24:

effundi,

to pour out to meet, to go in great numbers to meet, Liv. 5, 23:

de obviam itione ita faciam,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1;

late Lat., also, in obviam: ecce exercitus in obviam illis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 5.—

Trop., at hand, within reach:

nec sycophantiis, nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

in comitio estote obviam,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 12:

tibi nulla aegritudo est animo obviam,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

amanti mihi tot obviam eveniunt morae,

present themselves, interpose, id. Cas. 3, 4, 28:

ire periculis,

to meet courageously, to encounter them, Sall. J. 7, 4:

cupiditati hominum obviam ire,

to resist, oppose, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 106; so,

ire superbiae nobilitatis,

Sall. J. 5, 1:

ire sceleri,

id. ib. 22, 3:

ire injuriae,

id. ib. 14, 25:

ire irae,

Liv. 9, 14:

ire fraudibus,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

crimini,

Liv. 9, 26.—Also, in a good sense, to meet an evil, i. e. to remedy, prevent it:

ni Caesar obviam isset, tribuendo pecunias pro modo detrimenti,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

infecunditati terrarum,

id. ib. 4, 6:

timori,

id. H. 4, 46:

dedecori,

id. A. 13, 5.

ob-sto, stĭti, ātum (obstaturus, Front. Aquaed. 123; Quint. 2, 11, 1; Stat. Th. 7, 247; gen. plur. obstantum, Sil. 5, 277), 1, v. n., to stand before or against any thing.

In gen. (very rare): soli luna obstitit, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25 (Ann. v. 167 Vahl.); cf.: montibus obstipis obstantibus, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 ib.):

dominae niveis a vultibus obstas,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 23; so,

summis a postibus,

id. Th. 4, 17:

obviam,

to stand in the way, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

In partic., to stand against or in the way of a person or thing; to withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: obsisto, adversor, officio).—Constr. with dat., absol., with quin, quominus, cur, or ne.

With dat.:

quae tardis mora noctibus obstet,

Verg. A. 1, 746:

alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 6: cur [p. 1245] mihi te offers ac meis commodis officis et obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

vita cetera eorum huic sceleri obstat,

their former life stands opposed to this crime, secures them against the suspicion of this crime, Sall. C. 52, 31:

di omnes quibus obstitit Ilium,

was an offence to, Verg. A. 6, 64:

nam sic labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus,

i. e. keeps from falling, Juv. 3, 194; cf. v. 243.—For the dat. in with acc. is found:

in laudem vetustorum invidia non obstat,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2.—

Absol.: me obstare, illos obsequi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: restitant, occurrunt, obstant, id. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 ib.):

obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur,

Liv. 40 25:

exercitus hostium duo obstant,

block up the way, Sall. C. 58, 6; Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 15:

si omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19.—

With quin:

quibus non humana ulla, neque divina obstant, quin socios amicos trahant, exscindant,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

With quominus:

quid obstat, quominus sit beatus?

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

ne quid divini humanive obstet, quominus justum piumque de integro ineatur bellum,

Liv. 9, 8, 6.—

With cur:

quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 76.—

With ne:

Histiaeus Milesius, ne res conficeretur, obstitit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne non posset nisi ab consule dici dictator,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

ne id, quod placebat, decerneret in tantae nobilitatis viris, ambitio obstabat,

id. 5, 36, 9.—

Impers. pass.:

nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

indignatur amans Obstari animae,

Ov. M. 11, 788.—

Part. pres. in plur. as subst.: obstantia, ĭum, n.:

obstantia silvarum amoliri,

hinderances, obstructions, Tac. A. 1, 50.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

ob-vĭam (also written separate, ob vĭam; cf. Corss. Ausspr. I. 495, 769), adv.

Lit., in the way; hence, with verbs of motion (in a good or bad sense), towards, against, to meet: ob Trojam duxit exercitum pro ad, similiterque vadimonium obisse, id est ad vadimonium isse, et obviam ad viam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: morti occumbant obviam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.):

nec quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi,

as to put himself in my way, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 2:

cum in Cumanum mihi obviam venisti,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

prodire,

id. ib. 3, 7, 4; cf.: si quā ex parte obviam contra veniretur, an advance or attack should be made, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: alicui obviam advenire, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5:

quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,

is coming to meet me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16:

fit obviam Clodio ante fundum ejus,

meets, Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

obviam ire alicui,

to go to meet, id. Mur. 32, 67 et saep.:

obviam procedere alicui,

to go to meet, id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

prodire alicui,

id. ib. 2, 24, 58:

properare,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 2:

proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

exire,

id. B. C. 1, 18:

progredi,

Liv. 7, 10:

mittere,

to send to meet, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

se offerre,

to go to meet, to meet, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24:

effundi,

to pour out to meet, to go in great numbers to meet, Liv. 5, 23:

de obviam itione ita faciam,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1;

late Lat., also, in obviam: ecce exercitus in obviam illis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 5.—

Trop., at hand, within reach:

nec sycophantiis, nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

in comitio estote obviam,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 12:

tibi nulla aegritudo est animo obviam,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

amanti mihi tot obviam eveniunt morae,

present themselves, interpose, id. Cas. 3, 4, 28:

ire periculis,

to meet courageously, to encounter them, Sall. J. 7, 4:

cupiditati hominum obviam ire,

to resist, oppose, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 106; so,

ire superbiae nobilitatis,

Sall. J. 5, 1:

ire sceleri,

id. ib. 22, 3:

ire injuriae,

id. ib. 14, 25:

ire irae,

Liv. 9, 14:

ire fraudibus,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

crimini,

Liv. 9, 26.—Also, in a good sense, to meet an evil, i. e. to remedy, prevent it:

ni Caesar obviam isset, tribuendo pecunias pro modo detrimenti,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

infecunditati terrarum,

id. ib. 4, 6:

timori,

id. H. 4, 46:

dedecori,

id. A. 13, 5.

prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

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

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

pelli per proclive,

downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—

Trop.

Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—

Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

quod est multo proclivius,

much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

labi verba proclivius,

i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

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

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

pelli per proclive,

downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—

Trop.

Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—

Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

quod est multo proclivius,

much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

labi verba proclivius,

i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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.).

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.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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.).

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.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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.).

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.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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.).

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.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.