propter

propter, adv. and prep. [contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter].

I.

Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta;

rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,

Cato, R. R. 151, 2:

ibi angiportum propter est,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

propter dormire,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 77:

araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,

Lucr. 2, 417:

propter est spelunca,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope):

vident unum virum esse... et eum propter esse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

cum duo reges propter assint,

id. ib. 6, 16:

(caules) si propter sati sunt,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

duo filii propter cubantes,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,

id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25:

cornix propter volans,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter. —

II.

Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).

A.

Lit., of place (rare but class.);

stat propter virum fortem,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32:

hic propter hunc assiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31:

propter Platonis statuam consedimus,

Cic. Brut. 6, 25:

propter aliquem assidere,

id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28):

insulae propter Siciliam,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

propter aquae rivum,

Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case:

viam propter,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

hostem propter,

id. ib. 4, 48.—

B.

Trop., in stating a cause.

1.

On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob;

the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

propter metum poenae,

id. Sest. 46, 99:

propter eam ipsam causam,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

propter humanitatem,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2:

is propter morbum exire non potuit,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,

Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.:

propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,

Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62:

propter injuriam,

to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13:

propter hoc, propter quod,

on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I ( you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me:

egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6:

non est aequom me propter vos decipi,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34:

di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,

Liv. 6, 18, 9.—

2.

Through, by means of (rare).

a.

Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing:

te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55:

propter quos vivit,

through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,

id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—

b.

To things by means of which any thing takes place:

quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.—

Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,

Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.:

suctum propter lactis,

Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115:

quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,

Verg. A. 12, 177.