“close” in Latin

TR. to shut, claudere: operire (opposed to aperire): ostium or fores operire: to close the gates against anybody, claudere alicui portas: to close the eyes, oculos claudere (PROP., to close the eyes forever; i. e., to die): oculos operire (PROP., to close the eyes, of people who are going to sleep): pupulos claudere (PROP., of the eyelids): to close the line of march, agmen claudere or cogere: the ranks are closed, ordines densantur: to march with closed ranks, munito agmine incedere (Sall., Jug., 46, 3): to close anybody in one’s arms [Vid: EMBRACE].

To terminate or to bring to an end, finem facere with Gerund in ... di; e.g., to close a letter, a speech, scribendi, dicendi finem facere: finem alicui rei imponere, constituere: perorare (of a speech): to close one’s life, vitam finire; vita excedere; diem supremum obire: ad finem or exitum adducere aliquid: finire aliquid: terminare aliquid (to put an end to, with reference to space): finem or modum imponere alicui rei; finem statuere or constituere alicui rei (with reference to time): epistolam concludere (a letter): to close a controversy, controversiam dirimere: to close an account, conficere rationem et consolidare: to close a beirgain, negotium conficere or conficere ct absolvere (for one’s self): negotium procurare (for anybody): I close the bargain with anybody, de pretio inter nos convenit: the bargain was closed, de pretio inter ementem et vendentem convenit.

inclosure, septum: conseptum: locus septus: cohors or cors, in manuscripts, also chors (hurdles for cattle, and a place fenced round with hurdles. etc., whether movable or not).

A small field, agellus: ager conseptus, Cic.

Conclusion (or point where anything has ended), finis: extremum: terminus: exitus [SYN. in END]: clausula (the close of a sentence or letter): at the close of the speech, in extrema oratione: at the close of a book, in extremo libro: at the close of the year, extremo anno (or extremo anni); also exeunte anno: at the close of the month of June, extremo mense Junio (not ultimo mense, which signifies in the month of June of last year): at the close, in fine: in extremo (with reference to space); also ad ulrimum: ad extremum (at the very close). To bring anything to a close, finem alicui rei afferre: aliquid ad finem adducere or perducere; aliquid absolvere (to effect or complete in all its parts): aliquid transigere (a bargain, a business): aliquid profligare (with the accessory notion of dispatch): conficere: perficere: consummare aliquid.

shut, clausus.

Confined (formed by the past participle of the verbs meaning to confine, Vid :).

Reserved, taciturnus: tectus: occultus: occultus et tectus: close to anybody, tectus ad aliquem: cautus (in speaking): timidus (timid): frigidus (cold).

Solid, densus: condensus (consisting of closely adhering parts: opposed to rarus): spissus (of parts which hardly admit any interstices to be visible, almost impenetrable; opposed to solutus): solidus (of a firm mass, compact; opposed to cassus, pervius): confertus (crammed, as it were; opposed to rarus): arctior or artior (closer): a close battle-array, acies condensa, conferta: with close ranks, munito agmine (e.g., to march, incedere. Sall., Jugurtha, 46, 3).

Concise, pressus (figuratively, of an author, orator, etc., and his style): brevis (brief, also of an orator, etc.): concisus sententiae (e.g., of thoughts): sententiis densus, creber (rich in ideas: Thucydides creber rerum frequentia, concise from the richness of thoughts).

Narrow, angustus (not wide: opposed to latus): artus (more correct than arctus, confined, limited; opposed to laxus): contractus (contracted, more cognate with angustus than with artus; hence (The words are found in this connection and order). contractus et angustus. e.g., Nilus): perangustus (very close): close writing (e.g., on the margin of the pages), paginae contractio (Cic., Att., 5, 4, extr.): close packing, hominum in angusto sedentium coartatio (after Liv.., 27, 46, of the close sitting in the theatre): close meaning of a word, *angustior vocis notio: to make close, *angustum reddere; angustare; coartare: contrabere: to become close, in artius coire: the limits of the world are too close (narrow) for him, orbis terrarum eum non capit (after Curt., 7, 8, 12): close together; e.g., to range the ships close together, naves in arto stipare: a close garment, vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens, or vestis astricta.

Intimate: to be with a person on the closest terms of friendship, artissimo amicitiae vinculo cum aliquo conjunctum esse; familiarissime uti aliquo: the closest ties of friendship, artissima amicitiae vincula: to form a close intimacy with anybody, sibi conjungere aliquem familiari amicitia: I am on terms of close intimacy with anybody, magna est mihi cum aliquo familiaritas, also familiaritate magna, or arta, or intima, or maxima cum aliquo conjunctum esse; magno usu familiaritatis cum aliquo conjunctum esse; arta familiaritate complecti aliquem: to live with anybody on terms of close intimacy, aliquo familiariter or intime uti; in familiaritate alicujus versari. also vivere cum aliquo (Vid: Cic., Tusc., 1, 33, 81, Wolf): a close relation, propinqua cognatione conjunctus: a very close relation, proximus cognatione or propinquitate; arta propinquitate conjunctus.

Parsimonious, parcus: tenax: parcus et tenax: restrictus: restrictus et tenax: malignus (close toward others): very close, praeparcus: to be close, parce vivere (live closely): parcere with dative: parcum, tenacem esse with genitive: parrce ac tenuiter vivere.

Dull (of the weather), gravis (heavy); nubilus (cloudy; e.g., caelum; day, dies): subnubilus (somewhat cloudy).

Attentive, attentus: intentus: perattentus (stronger term): to this and similar considerations close attention ought to be paid, haec et talia circumspicienda sunt: to listen with close attention to anything, perattente audire aliquid: to pay (he closest attention to one’s studies, totum se abdere in litteras. Often by omni or summo studio; studiosissime; enixissime; e.g., to pay close attention to one’s books, summo studio discere; animo sequi aliquid: to pay close attention to what anybody says, diligenter attendere, attente, or attento animo, or sedulo audire aliquem; praebere se alicui attentum auditorem; adesse animo (animis), erigere mentem (mentes) auresque et aliquem dicentem attendere (of those who pay close attention to an orator).

Near, propinquus; vicinus (of place, less frequent with reference to time): finitimus (with dative): prope: in propinquo (close to anything): to be close to, prope esse (general term): propinquum or vicinum esse (with reference to time and place): non longe abesse: in propinquo adesse: subesse (of place and time): closer, propius adesse: to be close at hand, appetere (i. e., to approach, of time, a day, night, season, etc.): to be very close, supra caput esse: in cervicibus esse: in capite et in cervicibus esse (of place, time, and events; Vid: Herzog, Sall., Catilius, 52, 22): to lie or be situated close by, prope, or in propinquo jacere, or situm esse: prope esse: non longe abesse: subesse: to stand close by anybody, non longe abesse ab aliquo: quite close by, juxta; secundum (close by, indicating a direction, along...): close to or by the shore, prope ripam, secundum ripam (along; e.g., navigare): very close to or by, proxime a with ablative or alone with accusative): continens (of place; e.g., continens alicui loco or cum aliquo loco), ☞ Affinis in the above meaning is not met with in classic prose: conterminus and contiguus only used by poets and later writers.

“To come to close quarters;” Vid: “to close with,” under the verb To CLOSE.