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“nearest” in Latin
propenear, nearby, nigh, close; close in time; almost, nearlyparcussparing, frugal, thrifty; scanty, slight, little, smalltenāxclinging; tenacious; close-fisted, niggardly, stingyrestringōto draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten; to unfasten, unclose, open; to restrain, confine, restrictmalignuswicked, malicious, stingy; spiteful; malignant, malignpropinquitāsnearness, propinquity, proximity; connection, affinity, kindred, relationship
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nearest
proximus (in all the senses of the English word); to, a (ab) with an ablative; or by the dative (☞ never post): secundus ab aliquo (next in order or rank): alicui or alicujus simillimus (nearest in resemblance): *the nearest way, proxima via; brevissima via: the nearest towns, proxima oppida: let us go to my house; it is the nearest place where you can change your clothes, eamus ad me; ibi proximum est ubi vestem mutes: the nearest relative, proximus cognatione, propinquitate, or genere; arta propinquitate conjunctus; proxima cognatione aliquem contingens or cum aliquo conjunctus: near connections (i. e., friends and relatives): proximi (Vid: commentators on Cic. ad Div., 12, 27, in., and on Sall., Cat., 14, 2).
Parsimonious, parcus: tenax: (The words are found in this connection and order.) parcus et tenax: restrictus: (The words are found in this connection and order.) restrictus et tenax: malignus. Very near, praeparcus: to be near, parce vivere: parcum et tenacem esse: parce ac tenuiter vivere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nearest?
- The usual Latin words for “nearest” are prope, parcus, tenāx; also restringō, malignus, propinquitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.