Latin

Adverb

prope ‎(comparable propius, superlative proximus)

1. near, nigh
2. (figuratively) close in time
3. almost, nearly
4. better (as an approximation)

Preposition

prope ‎(+ accusative)

1. near, near by

   Domus mea prope lacum est.

   My house is near the lake.

2. (figuratively) towards, about (in time)

Derived terms

• propiō
• propior
• proximus
• propinquus
• propitius
• propter

Descendants

• Catalan: prop/proper
• French: prochain, proche
• Italian: proprio
• Occitan: prèp
• Romanian: aproape

References

• prope in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prope in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PROPE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prope”, 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 be almost culpable: prope abesse a culpa
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 810