next (adv.) Copy link Outline I. Of place1. proxĭmē or proxĭmus (cf. L. G. § 343). with dat., acc. or ab and abl.2. juxtāII. Of time, succession, etc.1. deinceps (implying a regular succession)2. proxĭmē; also (in some cases) proxĭmus3. sĕcundum (n. after4. expr. by discēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to denote that something stands all but first in estimation)5. also in certain connexions, deinde, dehinc, post, inde, postea, may serve • next (adv.): I. Of place: 1. proxĭmē or proxĭmus (cf. L. G. § 343). with dat., acc. or ab and abl.: v. near, adv. (I.). 2. juxtā: v. close (2). See also next, adj. II. Of time, succession, etc.: 1. deinceps (implying a regular succession): cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42, de justitia satis dictum est deinceps, ut erat prepositum ... next, in the next place; in connexion with nunc: n. let us consider ..., nunc d. consideremus, id. Inv. 1, 33, extr.: see also id. Ph. 4, 4, 9, deinceps laudatur provincia Gallia. 2. proxĭmē; also (in some cases) proxĭmus: when the decurions are n. convened, quum decuriones pr. contrahentur, Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 4 (more freq. = most recently: cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 29, extr.): he was censor n. before me, censor proximus ante me (fuit), Cic. Sen. 12, fin.. 3. sĕcundum (n. after: both prep. and adv.): in speaking, n. to the voice the features tell, in actione s. vocem vultus valet, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 223: Pl. Join: proxime et secundum deos, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 11. (The adv. use = next, in the next place, is rare.) 4. expr. by discēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to denote that something stands all but first in estimation): n. to the claims of fraternal affection, I give you the first place, quum a fraterno amore discessi, tibi primas defero, id. Att. 1, 17, 2: more freq. with subj., quum discesserim, is, it: id. Fam. 6, 12, init. (ut quum ab illo discesserint, me proximum habeant). 5. also in certain connexions, deinde, dehinc, post, inde, postea, may serve: cf. Virg. E. 3, 58, incipe Damoeta; tu deinde sequere, Menalca (and do you follow n.): Caes.: deinde and dehinc, esp. in enumerations, cf. Sall. Cat. 3. primum, quod ...; dehinc quia ... so, primum ... deinde ..., Cic. Rep. 1, 24. What n.? quid (tum) postea? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 15 (et saepe): v. then, afterwards, further.