near (prep.) Copy link Outline 1. prŏpĕ (with acc.2. ăpud (with acc.3. ad (with acc., esp. of names of places, to denote the site of a battle, etc.)4. juxtā (with acc.) • near (prep.): 1. prŏpĕ (with acc.: most gen. term): Caes.: Cic. Less freq. propter (with acc.: denoting close proximity): the islands n. (off the coast of) Sicily, insulae propter Siciliam, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55. v. side of (by the). 2. ăpud (with acc.: as near a place as may well be; nearly equal at): to stay n. a town, apud oppidum morari, Caes. B. G. 2, 7: n. Mantinea, apud Mantineam, Nep. Epam. 9. 3. ad (with acc., esp. of names of places, to denote the site of a battle, etc.): the naval battle of Tenedos, pugna navalis ad Tenedum, Cic. Mur. 15, fin.: so, pugna ad Trasimenum = battle of Trasimene: Liv. 22, 7, init. 4. juxtā (with acc.): v. close (adv.), hard by.