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

   Ibi angiportum propter est.

   There hard by is an alley.

Synonyms

• (near): prope, iuxtā

Preposition

propter (+ accusative)

1. near, close to, hard by

   Propter hunc.

   Near him.

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

   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.

Synonyms

• prope, iuxtā, ad
• ob

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• post hoc ergo 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