approximo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + proximō (“draw near, approach”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.moː/, [äpˈprɔks̠ɪmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.mo/, [äpˈprɔksimo]
Verb
approximō (present infinitive approximāre, perfect active approximāvī, supine approximātum); first conjugation
- I am or draw near to, approach
- I approximate
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: approximate
- French: approximer
- Old French: aproismier, aprismer
References
- “approximo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- approximo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.