(adv.prep.) : propter, adv. and prep. contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter.
* Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta; rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,Cato, R. R. 151, 2: ibi angiportum propter est,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37: propter dormire,id. Eun. 2, 3, 77: araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,Lucr. 2, 417: propter est spelunca,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope): vident unum virum esse ... et eum propter esse,id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13: cum duo reges propter assint,id. ib. 6, 16: (caules) si propter sati sunt,id. N. D. 2, 47, 120: duo filii propter cubantes,id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14: adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25: cornix propter volans,Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter.
* Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).
* Lit., of place (rare but class.); stat propter virum fortem,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32: hic propter hunc assiste,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31: propter Platonis statuam consedimus,Cic. Brut. 6, 25: propter aliquem assidere,id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28): insulae propter Siciliam,id. N. D. 3, 22, 55: propter aquae rivum,Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case: viam propter,Tac. A. 15, 47: hostem propter,id. ib. 4, 48.
* Trop., in stating a cause.
* On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob; the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.: propter metum poenae,id. Sest. 46, 99: propter eam ipsam causam,id. de Or. 1, 16, 72: propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,Caes. B. G. 1, 16: propter humanitatem,Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2: is propter morbum exire non potuit,Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.: propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62: propter injuriam,to avoid injury,Pall. 12, 13: propter hoc, propter quod,on that account, for which reason,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I (you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me: egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6: non est aequom me propter vos decipi,id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34: di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,Liv. 6, 18, 9.
* Through, by means of (rare).
* Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing: te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55: propter quos vivit,through whom he lives, to whom he owes life,Cic. Mil. 22, 58: lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.
* To things by means of which any thing takes place: quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.— Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.: suctum propter lactis,Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115: quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,Verg. A. 12, 177.

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