propter
Latin edit
Etymology edit
For *propiter, from prope. Compare with inter (“between”) and subter (“beneath”).
The accusative is from *-teros used adverbially.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprop.ter/, [ˈprɔpt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈprop.ter/, [ˈprɔpt̪er]
Adverb edit
propter (not comparable)
Synonyms edit
Preposition edit
propter (+ accusative)
- near, close to, hard by
- Propter hunc.
- Near him.
- because of, on account of, for
- 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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Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
- those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
- propter in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016