(adv.prep.) : prŏpe, adv. and prep. pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa.
* Adv. (comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).
* Lit., in space: quaenam vox mihi prope hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur prope?Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10: prope ad aliquem adire,id. Cas. 3, 5, 32: aedes accedere,id. Most. 2, 2, 16: prope alicubi esse,Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1: intueri aliquid (opp. procul),id. Sen. 14, 48.
* Prep. with acc.
* Transf.
* In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.: prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25: prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,Ter. And. 1, 1, 125: partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2: nox prope diremit colloquium,i. e. the approach of night,Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.
* Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.): qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,Sen. Ep. 30, 8: propius inspicere aliquem,id. ib. 5, 6: dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3; 10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,Petr. 1, 50: propius noscendum,Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.
* Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by: prope oppidum,Caes. B. G. 7, 36: prope hostium castra,id. ib. 1, 22: prope amnem,Verg. A. 8, 597: non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4: sedens prope limina tecti,Ov. F. 1, 137.
* Transf.
* In time, nigh, towards, about: prope lucem,towards daybreak,Suet. Claud. 44.
* Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from: prope metum res fuerat,Liv. 1, 25 fin.: prope seditionem ventum est,Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.

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