prope

Latin

Etymology

From Oscan (expected *proque, -que being replaced with Oscan -𐌐𐌄 (-pe)), from Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe, from *pro- + *-kʷe (equivalent to pro + -que).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pe/, [ˈprɔpɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pe/, [ˈprɔːpe]

Adverb

prope (comparative propius, superlative proximē)

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

Preposition

prope (+ accusative)

1. near

   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

• Old French: prof, pruf, preu
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: prop
  • Occitan: prèp
• ⇒ Latin: ad prope
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: aproapi
    • Romanian: aproape
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: [Term?], propeānus
  • Old French: prochain
    • French: prochain
    • ⇒ Old French: proche
      • French: proche

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• prope in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 810