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propter , adv. and prep. contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter.
II. Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).
A. Lit., of place (rare but class.); “stat propter virum fortem,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32: “hic propter hunc assiste,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31: “propter Platonis statuam consedimus,Cic. Brut. 6, 25: “propter aliquem assidere,id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28): “insulae propter Siciliam,id. N. D. 3, 22, 55: “propter aquae rivum,Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case: “viam propter,Tac. A. 15, 47: “hostem propter,id. ib. 4, 48.—
B. Trop., in stating a cause.
1. On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob; “the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.: “propter metum poenae,id. Sest. 46, 99: “propter eam ipsam causam,id. de Or. 1, 16, 72: “propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,Caes. B. G. 1, 16: “propter humanitatem,Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2: “is propter morbum exire non potuit,Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: “excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.: “propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62: “propter injuriam,to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13: “propter hoc, propter quod,on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I (you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me: “egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6: “non est aequom me propter vos decipi,id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34: “di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,Liv. 6, 18, 9.—
2. Through, by means of (rare).
a. Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing: “te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55: “propter quos vivit,through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58: “lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—
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