nearly-related Copy link • nearly-related: genere propinquus Sall. Jug. 10, med. Join: propinquus et necessarius, Cic. Mur. 35, 73. Phr.: to be (more or less) n. to any one, aliquem propinquitate contingere, Liv. 25, 8, init.; sanguine et genere contingere., Liv. 45, 7, init.: by the mother's side he was very n. to Pompey, a matre Pompeium artissimo contingebat gradu, Suet. Aug. 4. See also related, relation.