preposition
procul ab
procul ab (+ ablative)
Classical[ˈprɔ.kʊɫ ˈab]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.kul ˈab]
Meaning
- with ablativefar from, away from, distant from
Procul a domo est.
He is away from home.tam procul a nobis in Aegaeo mari posita,
situated so far from us in the Aegean sea,M. Tullius Cicero, On Pompey's Command 16 - with ablativefar away from
Procul a Deo inquietus est homo infirmusque.
When he is far away from God, man is unsettled and ill at ease.Aetoliam, quae procul a barbaris disiuncta gentibus,
Aetolia, which being separated by a great distance from the barbarian nations,M. Tullius Cicero, Against Piso 37