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).
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.
NEXT Copy link • NEXT 1. adj., In place, proxime (followed by an accusative, a dative, or an ablative with a); secundum (with an accusative); e.g. proxime Carthaginem; proxime hostium castris, proxime a vallo; accipere vulnus in capite secundum aurem. In order or time, proxime, secundum, or proxime et secundum (with an accusative). This may also be expressed by the adjective; e.g., duobus summis oratoribus proximus accedebat L. Philippus; secundus a rege. In resemblance, proxime (with an accusative). 2. preposition and adverb, In situation, juxta (near to, hard by): proxime (followed by an accusative, a dative, or by a (ab) with an ablative; quite near to): secundum (toward, up to, with verbs of motion, or of making, placing, etc; not very rare, and found in the best authors). In order, secundum; proxime et secundum (☞ juxta occurs first in Livy, and post only in Cels., in this sense): si discesseris a or ab; cum discessi, discesserim, a or ab (apart from); e.g., praeter auctoritatem vires quoque habet, ad, etc.: believe me that, next to you, there is no one whose, etc., te existimare velim, cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse, cujus, etc. Of time, in expressions such as “next coming,” proximus; qui proxime futurus est.