proximitas

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

proxĭmĭtas, ātis, f. [proximus], nearness, vicinity, proximity.

I Lit., Vitr. 2, 9 med. ; Ov. de Nuce, 56.—

II Trop.

A Near relationship , Ov. M. 10, 340; 13, 154; Quint. 3, 6, 95.—

B Similarity , resemblance : et lateat vitium proximitate boni, Ov. A. A. 2, 662; Ap. Asclep. p. 79, 2.—

C Connection , union , Ap. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 20, 15.

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