proximus. —Of place,
nearest, very near, next
: quam proxime potest castris,
as close as possible
, Cs.: exercitum habere quam proxime
hostem.—Fig., of time,
very lately, just before, most recently, last before
: civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,
Cs.: qui proxime est mortuus.—Of order
or rank,
next to, next after, next
: proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles
esse possunt: ordinatis proxime morem Romanum,
just in the Roman method
, L.: res erat proxime speciem muros oppugnantium
navium,
closely resembling
, L.: proxime atque ille aut aeque,
nearly the same as he
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Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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