next (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. proxĭmus (foll. by dat., less freq. acc., or prep. ab)2. of time, sĕquens, insĕquens • next (adj.): 1. proxĭmus (foll. by dat., less freq. acc., or prep. ab): the n. circle below this, huic pr. inferior orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: the n. foot to the last, pes pr. a postremo, id. Or. 64, 217: Ov.: within the n. ten days, in diebus pr. decem, Sall. Jug. 28: the n. thing is for me to show ... proximum est ut doceam ..., Cic. N. D. 2, 29, init. (N.B.--When used of time, proximus often refers to the next preceding: but it is used also of what follows, cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 40, fin., se proxima nocte castra moturum.) 2. of time, sĕquens, insĕquens: v. following. So, the next thing is, sequitur ut ..., Cic. N. D. 2, 32, init. Phr.: within the n. ten days (before they are over), decem his diebus: cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 11, hoc biennio, in the course of the n. two years (Madvig, L. G. § 276, Obs. 5).