appropinquo
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See also: appropinquò
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]appropinquo
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ad- (“towards”) + propinquō (“draw near”), verbalization of propinquus (“near”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ap.proˈpin.kʷoː/, [äpːrɔˈpɪŋkʷoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap.proˈpin.kwo/, [äpːroˈpiŋkwo]
Verb
[edit]appropinquō (present infinitive appropinquāre, perfect active appropinquāvī, supine appropinquātum); first conjugation
- (transitive, with dative) to approach, come near to
- Synonym: appropiō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.18:
- Cum iam muro turres appropinquassent
- when the towers approached the wall
- Cum iam muro turres appropinquassent
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of appropinquō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: appropinquate ⇒ appropinquation
- → Italian: appropinquare
References
[edit]- “appropinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “appropinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- appropinquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw near to a city: appropinquare urbi, rarely ad urbem
- to draw near to a city: appropinquare urbi, rarely ad urbem
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