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): /ˈprop.ter/, [ˈprɔpt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈprop.ter/, [ˈprɔpt̪er]

Adverb

propter (not comparable)

1. near, at hand, hard by

   Synonyms: prope, iū̆xtā

   Ibi angiportum propter est.

   There hard by is an alley.

Preposition

propter (+ accusative)

1. near, close to, hard by

   Synonyms: prope, iū̆xtā, ad

   Propter hunc.

   Near him.

2. because of, on account of, for, according to

   Synonym: ob

   Clara etiam propter pulchritudinem suam est.

   She is renowned also because of her beauty.

3. (rare) through, by means of

   Propter quos vivit.

   Through whom he lives.

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• post hoc ergō propter hoc
• proptereā

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
    
• propter in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016