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Latin

Etymology

For *propiter, from prope. Compare with inter (between) and subter (beneath).

The accusative is from *-teros used adverbially.

Pronunciation

Adverb

propter (not comparable)

  1. near, at hand, hard by
    Synonyms: prope, iū̆xtā
    Ibi angiportum propter est.
    There hard by is an alley.

Preposition

propter (+ accusative)

  1. near, close to, hard by
    Synonyms: prope, iū̆xtā, ad
    Propter hunc.
    Near him.
  2. because of, on account of, for, according to
    Synonym: ob
    Clara etiam propter pulchritudinem suam est.
    She is renowned also because of her beauty.
  3. (rare) through, by means of
    Propter quos vivit.
    Through whom he lives.

Derived terms

References

  • propter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
  • propter in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016