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prŏpe , adv. and prep. pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa.
I. Adv. (comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).
B. Transf.
1. In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.: “prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25: “prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,Ter. And. 1, 1, 125: “partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2: “nox prope diremit colloquium,” i. e. the approach of night, Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—
C. Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.): “qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,Sen. Ep. 30, 8: “propius inspicere aliquem,id. ib. 5, 6: “dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3; “10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,Petr. 1, 50: “propius noscendum,Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.—
II. Prep. with acc.
A. Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by: “prope oppidum,Caes. B. G. 7, 36: “prope hostium castra,id. ib. 1, 22: “prope amnem,Verg. A. 8, 597: “non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: “sedens prope limina tecti,Ov. F. 1, 137.—
B. Transf.
1. In time, nigh, towards, about: “prope lucem,towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—
2. Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from: “prope metum res fuerat,Liv. 1, 25 fin.: “prope seditionem ventum est,Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.
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