related (adj.) Copy link Outline A. Lit.1. prŏpinquus (near2. prŏpior (used as comp. of preced.)3. proxĭmus (superl.)4. cognātus (r. by birth)5. agnātus (r. on the father's side6. affīnis (r. by marriage)7. nĕcessārius (connected by a bond; hence variously applied to friends and r.s)8. consanguĭneus (r. by blood)9. gentīlis (r. by bearing the same name)B. Fig.1. prŏpinquus2. fīnĭtĭmus (neighbouring, adjoining)3. cognātus (kindred)4. consanguĭneus • related (adj.):--N.B. The foll. are also used subst. to denote a relative. A. Lit.: 1. prŏpinquus (near: a gen. t., opp. to longinquus or alienus): nearly r. to you, tibi genere p., Sall. Jug. 10: the society of near r.s, societas propinquorum, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53. Join: p. cognatique, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96. 2. prŏpior (used as comp. of preced.): to whom nobody is more nearly r. than Quintius, quibus propior Quintio nemo est, Cic. Quint. 31, 97: more nearly r. by blood, gradu p. sanguinis, Ov. H. 3, 28. 3. proxĭmus (superl.): he is most nearly r. to him, hic illi genere est p., Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17: most closely r., p. cognatione, Lex in Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144; propinquitate, Nep. Ages. 1, 3: they are unjust towards their nearest r.s, injuriosi sunt in proximos, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44. 4. cognātus (r. by birth): he was r. to me, is mihi c. fuit, Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 23: kinsmen and r.s by birth agreeing very well together, propinqui c.que optime congruentes, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96. 5. agnātus (r. on the father's side: v. Dict. Ant. 309): a. gentilesque, Lex in Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148. 6. affīnis (r. by marriage): you have repudiated your r. by marriage, my daughter, tu a. tuam, meam filiam, repulisti, Cic. post Red. 7, 17: to regard as r.s, in affinium loco ducere, Sall. Jug. 14, ad init. 7. nĕcessārius (connected by a bond; hence variously applied to friends and r.s): a near r., propinqua et n., Cic. Mur. 35, 73: r.s by blood, n. et consanguinei, Caes. B. G. 1, 11. 8. consanguĭneus (r. by blood): with what ancestors and r.s, quibus majoribus, quibus c., Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35. 9. gentīlis (r. by bearing the same name): your r. by name, Brutus, tuus g., Brute, Cic. Brut. 28, 109: Liv. Phr.: blood r.s, sanguine conjuncti, Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 161: to be r. to any one on the mother's side, alicui materno a sanguine jungi, Ov. M. 2, 368: to be r. both by birth and marriage, et genere inter se conjunctos esse et affinitate, Eutr. 8, 10: to be most nearly r. to any one, contingere aliquem artissimo gradu, Suet. Aug. 4: to be in no degree r. to the family of Caesar, nullo gradu contingere Caesaris domum, Suet. Galb. 2. B. Fig.: 1. prŏpinquus: emotions nearly r. to these passions of the soul, motus finitimi et p. his animi perturbationibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185: a r. meaning, p. significatio, Gell. 6, 16, ad fin.: the comp. is prŏpior: more nearly r. in mind, mente p., Ov. M. 2, 369: v. near. 2. fīnĭtĭmus (neighbouring, adjoining): a poet is nearly r. to an orator, poeta f. oratori, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: audacity which is nearly r. to confidence, audacia quae fiduciae f. est, id. Inv. 2, 54, 165. Join: propinquus et f., id. ib.: vicinus et f., id. Or. 32, 113. 3. cognātus (kindred): nothing is so closely r. to our minds as rhythm and speech, nihil est tam c. mentibus nostris quam numeri et voces, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197: v. cognate. 4. consanguĭneus: husbandry, which is closely allied and as it were r. to wisdom, res rustica quae proxima et quasi c. sapientiae est, Col. 1, praef. § 4: Sleep, the r. (brother) of Death, c. Leti Sopor, Virg. Aen. 6, 278. Phr.: all the arts are as it were r. to each other, omnes artes quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur, Cic. Arch. 1, 2: the soul is r. to the Gods, animus tenetur cognatione Deorum, id. Div. 1, 30, 64: the human mind feels it is r. to the divine, mens humana conjunctam cum divina mente se sentit, id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70.