Noun: proximus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | proximus |
| Plural | proximī |
Genitive
| Singular | proximī |
| Plural | proximōrum |
Dative
| Singular | proximō |
| Plural | proximīs |
Accusative
| Singular | proximum |
| Plural | proximōs |
Ablative
| Singular | proximō |
| Plural | proximīs |
Vocative
| Singular | proxime |
| Plural | proximī |
Sample Sentences
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Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium. (Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.) [c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate: Exodus 20.16]
Nouns inflected like proximus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe
3. Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos
4. Latin proximus
5. From Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos, from *prokʷe (whence prope). See also -issimus.
6. Compare typologically English next (<< Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est).
Verbs referencing "proximus"
Italian Nouns
prossimo, English Nouns
proxenos, Danish Nouns
næste.
Translations