NEXT Copy link • NEXT 1. adj., In place, proxime (followed by an accusative, a dative, or an ablative with a); secundum (with an accusative); e.g. proxime Carthaginem; proxime hostium castris, proxime a vallo; accipere vulnus in capite secundum aurem. In order or time, proxime, secundum, or proxime et secundum (with an accusative). This may also be expressed by the adjective; e.g., duobus summis oratoribus proximus accedebat L. Philippus; secundus a rege. In resemblance, proxime (with an accusative). 2. preposition and adverb, In situation, juxta (near to, hard by): proxime (followed by an accusative, a dative, or by a (ab) with an ablative; quite near to): secundum (toward, up to, with verbs of motion, or of making, placing, etc; not very rare, and found in the best authors). In order, secundum; proxime et secundum (☞ juxta occurs first in Livy, and post only in Cels., in this sense): si discesseris a or ab; cum discessi, discesserim, a or ab (apart from); e.g., praeter auctoritatem vires quoque habet, ad, etc.: believe me that, next to you, there is no one whose, etc., te existimare velim, cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse, cujus, etc. Of time, in expressions such as “next coming,” proximus; qui proxime futurus est.