English → Latin
“nearly” in Latin
propenear, nearby, nigh, close; close in time; almost, nearlypaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barelyferuswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughfermēclosely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just; in general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the timepropemodumnearly, almostquīnhow come not, why don't I/you/he ..., how about? (in questioning suggestions)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nearly
prope, paene (almost, but not quite): fere, ferme (with omnes, etc.: prope, paene make a positive assertion; fere, ferme, decline doing this; it being either enough for the speaker’s purpose, or all that his knowledge allows him to do, to state that the assertion is, at least, approximately or generally true): tantum non (μόνον οὐ, ὀλίγου δεῖ: an elliptical form used by Livy and later writers = “only this is wanting, that not,” etc.): propemodum (what is not far removed from the right measure; “almost what it should be”): When nearly = “within a little,” it may be translated by haud multum or non longe abfuit, quin, etc. (not ut); prope erat or factum est, ut, etc.; propius nihil factum est, quam ut, etc.: the left wing was nearly defeated, prope erat, ut sinistrum cornu pelleretur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nearly?
- The usual Latin words for “nearly” are prope, paene, ferus; also fermē, propemodum, quīn. 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.