near (adv.) Copy link Outline I. Of place1. prŏpĕ (adv. and prep.); comp. prŏpius; sup. proxĭmē (foll. by dat., acc., or prep. ab2. propter (quite near; close by)3. juxtaII. Within a little of • near (adv.): I. Of place: 1. prŏpĕ (adv. and prep.); comp. prŏpius; sup. proxĭmē (foll. by dat., acc., or prep. ab: also absol.): to be somewhere n., esse alicubi prope, Cic. Fam. 9, 7: you were sitting n. my house, prope a meis aedibus sedebas, id. in Pis. 11, 26: to keep herds n.er the stalls, propius stabulis armenta tenere, Virg. G. 1, 355 Nep. oftener with acc. or ab.: n.er the west, propius solis occasum, Caes. B. G. 4, 28: Cic.: n.er to the earth, propius a terris, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87: often with abesse (to be n.er to a place). you are n.er (than I am), propius abes, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: to be n.er to Brundisium, propius a Brundisio abesse, ib. 8, 14: so with proxime (very near, nearest), which has the same construction as prope, propius: Caes.: Cic. 2. propter (quite near; close by): sow where there is water n., serito, ubi aqua p. siet, Cato R. R. 151. there is n. (close by the lake) a cavern, est p. spelunca, Cic. Verr. 4, 48, 107. 3. juxta: v. close, hard by. (N.B.--As in Eng. the above advv. have often a fig. application: cf. Cic. Fl. 10, 23, propius accedo: nego esse ista testimonia, I come nearer to the point; press it closer.) To be n.: adesse, subesse, imminere, instare (the two latter of what is close upon one): v. near at hand. II. Within a little of: prŏpĕ, paenĕ: v. nearly.