adverb
propediem
propediem (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableshortly, before long
prŏpĕdĭem (also separate, prope diem), adv. prope-dies,
I. at an early day, very soon, shortly (class.), Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 24; 5, 2, 56:
prognostica mea propediem exspecta, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11: propediem te videbo, id. Div. 1, 23, 47; Sall. C. 56, 4: propediem, prematurely, Liv. 1, 48, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(propediem) see prope.
Origins
From prope + diem.