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propinquus
propinquus
Latin
Adjective
propinquus m (feminine propinqua, neuter propinquum); first/second declension
- (of space) near, neighboring
- (of time) near, at hand, not far off
- (of appearance) resembling, similar, like, alike
- (of a relationship) kindred, related
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | propinquus | propinqua | propinquum | propinquī | propinquae | propinqua | |
| genitive | propinquī | propinquae | propinquī | propinquōrum | propinquārum | propinquōrum | |
| dative | propinquō | propinquō | propinquīs | ||||
| accusative | propinquum | propinquam | propinquum | propinquōs | propinquās | propinqua | |
| ablative | propinquō | propinquā | propinquō | propinquīs | |||
| vocative | propinque | propinqua | propinquum | propinquī | propinquae | propinqua | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: propinquo
- Portuguese: propínquo
- Spanish: propíncuo
References
- propinquus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- propinquus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PROPINQUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propinquus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.