noun · masculinesecond declension
proximus1
proximus m (genitive proximī)
Classical[ˈprɔk.sɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔk.si.mus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- masculinenearest person
- masculinenext person, next one
- masculineneighbour
Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate: Exodus 20.16
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī prope est, vīcīnusproximus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 3, 17
vīcīnus, alter homōproximus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | proximus | proximī |
| genitive | proximī | proximōrum |
| dative | proximō | proximīs |
| accusative | proximum | proximōs |
| ablative | proximō | proximīs |
| vocative | proxime | proximī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- proximo anno
- (1) last year; (2) next year.
proxĭmus (proxŭmus), a, um, v. propior, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
proximus or proxumus adj. sup.
prope, the nearest, next : vicinus, next neighbor , T.: oppida, Cs.: mare, S.: iter in Galliam, most direct , Cs.: paries cum proximus ardet, adjoining , H.: ex proximo vicini fundo deiectus: Belgae proximi sunt Germanis, Cs.: Proxima Campano ponti villula, close , H.: ager qui proximus finem Megalopolitarum est, L.: dactylus proximus a postremo, next to the last : proximus a dominā, O.: regio ab eā (urbe), Cu.—As subst m. : ut proximi iacentibus insisterent, those nearest , Cs.: ab proximis impetrare, their nearest neighbors , Cs.—As subst n., the neighborhood, vicinity, nearest place : quom in proximo hic sit aegra, next door , T.: vastatis proximis Illyrici, adjoining districts , L.—Fig., in time, the previous, last, latest, most recent : optime proximo civili bello de re p. meritus: proximis superioribus diebus: bellum tanto maiore quam proximo conatu apparatum est (i. e. quam proximo anno), L.: censor qui proximus ante me fuerat.— The next, following, ensuing, coming : proximā nocte, on the next night , Cs.: silentio proximae noctis editum vocem, L.: in proxumum annum consulatum petere: in proximum (sc. diem), Cu.—In order or rank, the next : summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis, huic proxima incolumitatis: prima volnera . . . Proxima, O.: Proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores, H.: proximum est ergo, ut quaeramus, we must next inquire : proximum est, ut doceam, etc., the next point is .—In value or merit, the next, nearest, most like : ut id habendum sit eo proximum, quod sit optimum: non nasci homini optimum est, proximum autem, etc., next best : proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit, V.: proximum vero est, Porsinnam dedisse, etc., nearest the truth , L.—In relationship, the nearest, next, closest, next of kin, most like : illi genere, T.: cognatione: propinquitate, N.; cf. Negabat illa se esse culpae proximam, i. e. guilty , Ph.—As subst m., a near relation, next of kin : quaesivit proximum, paene alterum filium: iniuriosi in proximos: responderunt proximi, Ph.— Most devoted, most faithful : in dis patriis repetendis proximus fuit.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*prokʷe
- Proto-Indo-European*prokʷism̥mos
- Latinproximus
From Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos, from *prokʷe (whence prope). See also -issimus. Compare typologically English next (<< Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est).
Italo-Romance
- Italianprossimo
- Malteseprossimufrom Italian prossimo
- Sicilianpròssimu
- Sicilianpròssumu
Borrowings
- Spanishprójimo
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianprossim
- Romanshprossem
Gallo-Romance
- Old Frenchproisme
In English words that came into English from proximus
- proximityproximitas
- proximalproximus
- proximateproximatus