propter
Latin
Etymology
For *propiter, from prope. Compare with inter (“between”) and subter (“beneath”).
The accusative is from *-teros used adverbially.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔp.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔp.t̪er]
Adverb
propter (not comparable)
Preposition
propter (+ accusative)
- near, close to, hard by
- because of, on account of, for, according to
- Synonym: ob
- 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.
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[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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016