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proximus ‎(superlative of prope)

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	proximus	proxima	proximum	proximī	proximae	proxima
genitive	proximī	proximae	proximī	proximōrum	proximārum	proximōrum
dative	proximō	proximae	proximō	proximīs
accusative	proximum	proximam	proximum	proximōs	proximās	proxima
ablative	proximō	proximā	proximō	proximīs
vocative	proxime	proxima	proximum	proximī	proximae	proxima

proximus ‎(superlative)

proximus m ‎(genitive proximī); second declension

neighbour
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.16
  Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
nearest person or thing

Second declension.

proximus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
proximus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
PROXIMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proximus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the atmosphere: aer qui est terrae proximus
- (ambiguous) to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
- (ambiguous) (1) last year; (2) next year: proximo anno
- (ambiguous) to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere