prope

From Oscan (expected *proque, -que being replaced with Oscan -𐌐𐌄 (-pe)), from Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe, from *pro- + *-kʷe (equivalent to pro + -que).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.pe/, [ˈprɔ.pɛ]

prope (comparative propius, superlative proximus)

1. near, nearby, nigh
2. (figuratively) close in time
3. almost, nearly
4. better (as an approximation)

prope (+ accusative)

1. near, nearby

   Domus mea prope lacum est.

   My house is near the lake.

2. (figuratively) towards, about (in time)

• Old French: prof, pruf, preu
• Old Occitan: [Term?]
  • Catalan: prop
  • Occitan: prèp
• ⇒ Latin: ad prope
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: aproapi, aproapea, aproape, apropea, apruapi, apruape
    • Romanian: aproape
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: propeānus
  • Old French: prochain
    • French: prochain
    • ⇒ Old French: proche
      • French: proche

• prope in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prope in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prope in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• prope in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be not far away: prope (propius, proxime) abesse
    
  • to be almost culpable: prope abesse a culpa
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 810