Latin

Adverb

propius ‎(not comparable)

1. nearly, almost

Related terms

• propior
• proximē

References

• propius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
    
  • to advance nearer to the city: propius accedere ad urbem or urbem
    
  • to approach the gods: propius ad deos accedere (Mil. 22. 59)