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proximus
proximus
Latin
Alternative forms
Adjective
proximus (superlative of prope)
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | proximus | proxima | proximum | proximī | proximae | proxima | |
genitive | proximī | proximae | proximī | proximōrum | proximārum | proximōrum | |
dative | proximō | proximō | proximīs | ||||
accusative | proximum | proximam | proximum | proximōs | proximās | proxima | |
ablative | proximō | proximā | proximō | proximīs | |||
vocative | proxime | proxima | proximum | proximī | proximae | proxima |
Derived terms
Antonyms
Descendants
Adverb
proximus (superlative)
- superlative degree of prope
Noun
proximus m (genitive proximī); second declension
- neighbour
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.16
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Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
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- nearest person or thing
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | proximus | proximī |
genitive | proximī | proximōrum |
dative | proximō | proximīs |
accusative | proximum | proximōs |
ablative | proximō | proximīs |
vocative | proxime | proximī |
References
- 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
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(ambiguous) to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
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(ambiguous) (1) last year; (2) next year: proximo anno
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(ambiguous) to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere
- the atmosphere: aer qui est terrae proximus