close (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. prŏpĕ, proxĭmē2. juxta (both as adv. and as prep. with acc.)3. May sometimes be expr. by an adj. • close (adv.): 1. prŏpĕ, proxĭmē: v. near. 2. juxta (both as adv. and as prep. with acc.): he pitched his camp c. to the walls, j. murum castra posuit, Caes.: v. hard by. N.B. The form juxtim also occurs, though rarely: Lucr.: Suet. 3. May sometimes be expr. by an adj.: as, they stand c. around, densi circumstant, Ov. (cf. close, adj. I). Phr.: to be c. at hand, adesse, subesse (v. near, to be); or of a hostile attitude, alicui in cervicibus esse, Liv. (but denoting an actually menacing danger, not a merely impending one: Liv. 22, 33); alicui supra caput esse, Sall.: Liv: comp. to close with: and see closely.