almost Copy link Outline 1. paenĕ (the most frequent and exact word)2. prŏpĕ3. prŏpĕmŏdum4. fĕrē (i. e. near about5. fermē (i. q. fere) • almost: 1. paenĕ (the most frequent and exact word): a. a friend, p. amicus, Cic.: not only in all states, but a. even in each house, there are factions, non solum in omnibus civitatibus sed p. etiam in singulis domibus factiones sunt, Caes.: I had a. said, p. dixi, Cic.: a. to touch with the hand, p. manu tangere, Ov.: Hor. 2. prŏpĕ: affairs being a. desperate, p. desperatis rebus, Cic.: the soldiers had a. gained the top, milites p. summa ceperant, Sall.: Caes.: v. nearly. 3. prŏpĕmŏdum: I a. agree with you, p. assentior, Cic.: a. the same, idem p., Cic. (also propemodo, al.). 4. fĕrē (i. e. near about: used in making loose general statements): he pitched his camp a. directly opposite, f. e regione castra posuit, Caes.: we have said a. enough, satis f. diximus, Cic. Esp. to qualify negatives: than whom there was a. no one (i. e. scarcely any one) older, quo erat nemo f. senior, Cic. 5. fermē (i. q. fere): a. all the same things, f. eadem omnia, Ter. Esp. with negatives: a. no one (i. e. hardly any one) puts up here without loss, nemo f. huc sine damno devortitur, Pl.: Cic. Phr.: he a. met his death at the hands of the exiles, haud multum abfuit (nihil propius factum est quam ut, Cic.) quin ab exulibus interficeretur, Liv.: v. near, very.