propinquus
Latin
Etymology
From prop(e) (“near”) + (h)inc (“hence”) + -uus. Compare longinquus.
Or the ending may come from some Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo- seen in Ancient Greek ἀλλοδ-απός (allod-após), ποδ-απός (pod-após) (their first parts here correspond to Latin aliud, quod) etc. See also Proto-Germanic *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈpin.kʷus/, [prɔˈpɪŋ.kʷʊs]
Adjective
propinquus (feminine propinqua, neuter propinquum); first/second declension
- (of space) near, neighboring
- (of time) near, at hand, not far off
- (of appearance) resembling, similar, like, alike
- (of a relationship) kindred, related
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | propinquus | propinqua | propinquum | propinquī | propinquae | propinqua | |
| Genitive | propinquī | propinquae | propinquī | propinquōrum | propinquārum | propinquōrum | |
| Dative | propinquō | propinquae | propinquō | propinquīs | propinquīs | propinquīs | |
| Accusative | propinquum | propinquam | propinquum | propinquōs | propinquās | propinqua | |
| Ablative | propinquō | propinquā | propinquō | propinquīs | propinquīs | propinquīs | |
| Vocative | propinque | propinqua | propinquum | propinquī | propinquae | propinqua | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: propinquo
- Portuguese: propínquo
- Spanish: propincuo
References
- propinquus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- propinquus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propinquus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- propinquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 810
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