adverb
propemodum
propemodum (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablenearly, almost
prŏpĕmŏdum, adv. prope-modus.
I. Nearly, almost (class.):
propemodum jam scio, quid siet rei, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 3, 42 Ritschl: quid enim sors est! idem propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: syllabas propemodum dinumerare, id. Or. 43, 147: propemodum assentior, id. Rep. 1, 39, 69.—II. In like manner:
haec una res aeque utrisque est propemodum conparanda, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(prope-modum) see prope.