I.in the distance, at a distance, a great way off, far, afar off, from afar.
I. Lit., of place (class.; cf.: longe, eminus); constr. absol.; with adv. of place; with ab and abl. (not in Cic., Cæs., or Sall.); with abl. alone: “cuja vox sonat procul?” Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 18: “sequi procul,” id. Poen. 3, 3, 6: “non jam procul, sed hic praesentes sua templa dii defendunt,” Cic. Cat. 2, 13. 29: “ubi turrim constitui procul viderunt,” Caes. B. G. 2, 30: “jubet, ut procul tela coniciant, neu propius accedant,” id. ib. 5, 34: “procul attendere,” Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: “procul e fluctu Trinacria,” Verg. A. 3, 554: “est procul in pelago saxum,” id. ib. 5, 124: “procul et e longinquo,” Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9: “omnibus arbitris procul amotis,” Sall. C. 20, 1: “procul o, procul este, profani,” keep aloof! Verg. A. 6, 258: “cui procul astanti, Pettalus irridens dixit,” Ov. M. 5, 114; cf.: “adstans non procul,” App. M. 7, p. 183, 14.—With other particles of place, as hinc, inde, alicunde, longe, etc.: “procul hinc stans,” at a distance from this place, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1; Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 11: “istic procul,” id. Mil. 4, 4, 33: “istinc procul,” id. Rud. 4, 4, 104: “procul inde,” Ov. Am. 3, 14, 18: “procul alicunde,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48: “procul longe,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10.— With a or ab, far from, far away from (class.): “procul a terrā abripi,” Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145: “esse procul a conspectu,” far out of sight, id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: “a castris,” Caes. B. G. 5, 17: “a portā,” Liv. 1, 12, 8: “ab Ariciā,” id. 2, 26, 5: “ab hoste,” id. 7, 37, 6: “a domo,” id. 4, 18, 1; 5, 4, 11: “a patriā,” id. 23, 29, 7; Verg. E. 10, 46: “a mari,” Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: “a Pado,” id. 3, 17, 21, § 124: “a litore,” Quint. 12, prooem. § 2: “ ab ore,” id. 11, 3, 96: “a fratre,” Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 3: “a mari,” Sen. Q. N. 6, 7 fin.—With simple abl., far from, far away from: patriā procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.): “urbe,” Ov. P. 1, 5, 73: “ripā Tiberis,” Liv. 2, 13, 6: “oppido,” id. 3, 22, 4: “moenibus,” id. 4, 10, 5: “Nomento,” id. 4, 22, 2: “mari,” Liv. 38, 16, 15: “haud procul castris,” Tac. H. 4, 22: “Teutoburgiensi Saltu,” id. A. 1, 60: “regno,” id. ib. 2, 67: “non procul Euripidis poëtae sepulcro,” Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28: “urbe Romā,” id. 2, 94, 96, § 209: “oppido,” id. 3, 3, 4, § 21.—
II. Trop., far, distant, remote; constr, with ab, the abl., or absol.: “conscia mihi sum a me culpam hanc esse procul,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: “procul ab omni metu,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41: “viri, qui sunt procul ab aetatis hujus memoriā,” id. Rep. 1, 1, 1: “caelestia procul sunt a nostrā cognitione,” id. Ac. 1, 4, 15: “res procul ab ostentatione positae,” Quint. 1, prooem. § 4: q“uis tam procul a litteris, quin sic incipiat,” so unacquainted with letters, so unlettered, id. 7, 1, 46; 8, 3, 23: “ab odio, ab irā,” id. 6, 2, 14: “a sapiente,” Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 4: “ab omni negotio,” id. Brev. Vit. 11, 2: “a praesenti modestiā,” Tac. A. 12, 6.— With simple abl.: “liber invidiā, procul contentionibus,” Quint. 12, 11, 7: “eam (plebem) procul urbe haberi,” out of public affairs, Liv. 4, 58, 12: “procul negotiis,” Hor. Epod. 2, 1: “ambitione,” id. S. 1, 6, 52: “voluptatibus habere aliquem,” to keep one aloof from enjoyments, deprive him of them, Tac. A. 4, 62: “tali more,” id. ib. 4, 28: “procul dubio,” without doubt, Quint. 1, 5, 14; 9, 1, 27; Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184; Liv. 39, 40, 10; Suet. Ner. 3; “for which: dubio procul,” Flor. 2, 6; Lucr. 1, 812: “procul vero est,” far from the truth, untrue, Col. 1 praef. fin.—Absol.: “assentatio vitiorum adjutrix procul amoveatur,” Cic. Lael. 24, 89: “homines superbissimi procul errant,” err widely, greatly, Sall. J. 85, 38: “pauperies immunda domus procul absit, i.e. pauperies domestica procul absit,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199: “durabisne procul dominoque legere superstes, Thebai?” Stat. Th. 12, 810: non procul est quin, it does not want much of, etc., almost, nearly, Sil. 2, 335: “haud procul est quin Romam agnosceret,” Liv. 1, 5, 6.—
B. In partic. (post-Aug. and very rare), in estimation of value, far removed from, much inferior to: aes suo colore pretiosum, procul a Corinthio (est), is far beneath or inferior to, much poorer than, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8.
