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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)
- near, at hand, hard by
Ibi angiportum propter est.- There hard by is an alley.
Synonyms
Preposition
propter (+ accusative)
- near, close to, hard by
- because of, on account of, for, according to
Clara etiam propter pulchritudinem suam est.- She is renowned also because of her beauty.
- (rare) through, by means of
Propter quos vivit.- Through whom he lives.
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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