proxime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proximus. See proximate; compare proximo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɑksɪm/

Adjective

proxime (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Next; following; immediately preceding or following.

   proxime causes

Related terms

• proxime accessit

References

• “proxime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ksi.me/

Adjective

proxime (comparative plus proxime, superlative le plus proxime)

1. close, proximate

Latin

Adverb

proximē

1. superlative degree of prope

Noun

proxime

1. vocative singular of proximus

References

• “proxime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “proxime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proxime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere