adverb
properē
properē (not comparable)
Classical[ˈprɔ.pɛ.reː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.pe.re]
Meaning
- not comparablehastily, quickly, speedily
Curius ubi intellegit, quantum periculum consuli inpendeat, propere per Fulviam Ciceroni dolum, qui parabatur, enuntiat. Ita illi ianua prohibiti tantum facinus frustra susceperant.
When Curius learnt how great the danger which threatened the consul was, he hastily reported to Cicero, through Fulvia, the trap which was being prepared. When the men were thus turned away from the door, they had undertaken such a great crime in vain.c. 42 BCE, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Bellum Catilinae 28.2–3
prŏpĕrē and prŏpĕrĭter,
I. advv., v. properus fin., A. and B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
properē adv.
properus, hastily, in haste, quickly, speedily : Curre, T.: egredere, N.: Cumas se recepit, L.: naves onerare, S.
Origins
From properus (“hasty”) + -ē (adverbial ending).