propemodum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prŏpĕmŏdum, adv. [prope-modus].

I Nearly , almost (class.): propemodum jam scio, quid siet rei, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 3, 42 Ritschl: quid enim sors est! idem propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: syllabas propemodum dinumerare, id. Or. 43, 147: propemodum assentior, id. Rep. 1, 39, 69.—

II In like manner : haec una res aeque utrisque est propemodum conparanda, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30.

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